CONTENTS Giant Machines 4 Steel Boat 8 The Flight Deck 10 Speed Machines 12 In the Island 14 The Hangar 16 Powering a Ship 18 A Floating City 20 USS Gerald R Ford 21 Glossary 22 Index 23
Giant Machines Aircraft carriers are big ships They can be as long as skyscrapers are tall That’s because they need to be big enough to carry an entire air force An air force is part of the military 4
