List of airships of the United States Navy

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List of airships of the United States Navy identifies the airships of the United States Navy by type, identification, and class.

Rigid airships (ZR)

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In the background, Los Angeles, in front of it, (l to r) J-3 or 4, K-1, ZMC-2, in front of them, "Caquot" observation balloon, and in foreground free balloons used for training. US Navy airships and balloons, 1931

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Fabric-clad rigid airships

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  • Template:USS - served 1923-25, lost 3 September 1925 due to structural failure while in line squalls, 14 killed
  • (ZR-2) - British-built as R38, lost 24 August 1921 before US Navy acceptance (and before official use of the ZR-2 designation) due to severe control inputs at low altitude and high speed far in excess of structural strength, 44 killed including 16 USN personnel<ref>Higham, Robin, "The British Rigid Airship, 1908-1931 A study in weapons policy," London, G.T. Foulis & Co Ltd. p. 222, 1961</ref><ref>Althoff, William F., "Sky Ships," New York, Crown Publications, p. 17, 1990, Template:ISBN</ref>
  • Template:USS - German-built as LZ 126, served 1924-39 (decommissioned 1932, and dismantled 1940)

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  • Template:USS - aircraft carrier served 1931-33, lost 4 April 1933 in a storm, 73 killed
  • Template:USS - aircraft carrier served 1933-35, lost 12 February 1935 due to structural failure, 2 killed

(ZRCV), proposed successor to the Akron class, not built

Other airships

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Metal rigid airships

  • ZMC-2, a metalclad-airship built by the Aircraft Development Corp - 1929-41 (scrapped)

Semi-rigid airships

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Blimps (non-rigid airships)

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See also

Footnotes

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References

  • Allen, Hugh, "The Story of the Airship (non-rigid), Akron, Ohio, 1943
  • Althoff, William F., "Sky Ships" New York, Orion Books, 1990, Template:ISBN
  • Grossnick, Roy A., "Kite Balloons to Airships. . . the Navy's Lighter-than-air Experience", Washington, Government Printing Office, 1986
  • Higham, Robin, "The British Rigid Airship, 1908–1931: A Study in Weapons Policy," London, G.T. Foulis & Co Ltd.
  • Mowthorpe, Ces, "Battle Bags," Phoenix Mill, Far Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, Allan Sutton Publishing, 1995
  • Shock, James R., "U.S. Navy Airships 1915-1962, Edgewater, Florida, Atlantis Productions, 2001, Template:ISBN
  • Vaeth, J. Gordon, "Blimps & U-Boats", Annapolis, Maryland, US Naval Institute Press, 1992, Template:ISBN
  • Ventry, Lord & Kolesnik, Eugen M., "Airship Saga," Poole, Dorset, Britain, Blandford Press, 1982, Template:ISBN

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