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Navy's First Rigid Airship Crashes 1921
Posted: Aug 24, 2011After World War I, the United States Navy decided to add rigid airships to its fleet and originally pursued acquiring German Zeppelins as part of the wartime reparations. However, all […]
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USS Akron Commissioned 1931
Posted: Oct 27, 2010USS Akron was commissioned at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, on 27 October 1931. She was 785 feet in length and weighed 242,356 pounds. The ZRS-4 was built in 1931 […]