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"More than 6000 warships are included in this comprehensive encyclopedia of the world's navies during World War II.
Compiled from the pages of contemporary editions of Jane's, the world's most authoritative naval reference work, this extraordinary volume presents photographs, line drawings, and data tables, providing the reader with instant reference to the facts and figures of the great fleets that clashed at Leyte Gulf, Midway, Matapan, and the many other naval battles that took place on the oceans and seas around the world.
The information and data are presented throughout in the exciting and graphic style that has made Jane's the ultimate naval reference. For this new edition, the book has been completely redesigned in a larger and easier-to-handle format, and the addenda and amendments of the original editions have been integrated into the text at the appropriate places.
The material covered in the volume is more complete than in any previous edition or reprint of Jane's: ships that were lost during the war - such as the Bismarck, Hood, Lexington, Enterprise, Ark Royal, and the mighty battleships Yamato and Musashi - have been included, thus providing comprehensive information and illustrations for the ships of each fleet at its zenith, including the navies of Germany, Italy, and Japan.
The basis of this volume was the first uncensored edition of Jane's to be published after the close of World War II. It therefore represents the best single reference book covering the war years, and includes the many warships launched or completed during the last months of hostilities, when the construction yards in the United States and Great Britain were still working at full speed.
Antony Preston, internationally respected author on warships and naval history, has written a foreword which puts the book and its subject in historical perspective. Now, more than fifty years after the beginning of World War II, Jane's Fighting Ships provides an invaluable and fascinating guide to the fleets that fought in that global conflict."

New York, N.Y., Crown:1989 [reprint of 1946/1947 edition], ISBN 0-517-67963-9 (hardcover)

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"Unsurpassed for excitement, this is the vivid, close-up account of the great aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lexington in combat in World War II.
Stanley Johnston was aboard the Lexington as a war correspondent during the Battle of the Coral Sea. His description of that battle is like viewing the action from the flight deck. He tells how pilots and crew carry out their combat assignments, how the great carrier is handled under fire; and his book - published only a few months after the battle - is one of the great classics of World War II, an eyewitness report of an event that lives in history."

New York, N. Y., Ballentine:1968 (paperback)

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"Since 1911, when Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson succeeded in landing an aircraft on the converted deck of the cruiser Pennsylvania, the potential of the aircraft carrier as a decisive weapon in naval warfare has never been in doubt. During World War I, naval aircraft were used for reconnaissance and target-spotting, but it was not until the 1920s that dedicated carrier-based aircraft began to appear, flown from carriers such as Hermes and Ark Royal, and designed to sink enemy ships and protect the airspace above a battle group.
During World War II, US aircraft carriers saw action in such famous battles as the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway, and British ships including Illustrious proved invaluable to allied shipping convoys in the Battle of the Atlantic. Post-war, the introduction of jet-engined aircraft led to the development of the angled flight deck and a new kind of carrier, epitomized by ships such as the USS Midway. These in turn gave way to modern Vertical/Short Take-off and Landing (V/STOL) carriers and the massive nuclear-powered ships of the US Nimitz class.
This book is a detailed and informative record of the development of the aircraft carrier, from its pioneering years to the nuclear-powered super carriers of the future. Lavishly illustrated with full-color artworks and archive color and black-and-white photographs, each ship is accompanied by full specifications listing displacement, dimensions, speed, aircraft complement, armament, and electronics, while seven gatefold illustrations reveal further detail in unique cutaway plans of these spectacular and powerful weapons of war."

Edison, N.J., Chartwell:2002, ISBN 0-7858-1529-5

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