Sustaining the Carrier War

Winner of the 2023 John R. Lyman Award in Maritime History, North American Naval History A 2024 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature Honorable Mention The ability of the United States Navy to fight and win a protracted war in the Pacific was not solely the result of technology, tactics, or leadership. Naval aviation maintenance played a major role in the U.S. victory over Japan in the second World War. The naval war against Japan did not achieve sustained success until enough aircraft