Lakehurst Hangar No. 1
Hangar No. 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station | |
JB MDL Lakehurst, Manchester Township, New Jersey | |
Coordinates | 40°1′44.44″N 74°18′59.79″W / 40.0290111°N 74.3166083°W |
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Area | 211,434 square feet (19,640 m2) |
Built | 1921 |
NRHP reference No. | 68000031 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 23, 1968[1] |
Designated NHL | May 23, 1968[2] |
Hangar No. 1 is an
Description
In 1921 the US Navy established Lakehurst Naval Air Station to serve as its headquarters for
The hangar was completed in 1921 by the Lord Construction Company, with trusses erected by the
Operations
The hangar was used to construct the
Today the hangar holds a mock aircraft carrier flight deck, used as a training facility for aircraft carrier flight deck personnel.[9]
The East Coast Indoor Modelers club, a chartered club within the auspices of the United States' official aeromodeling organization, the Academy of Model Aeronautics, has been allowed to use the hangar since 1926 to fly indoor free flight model aircraft, these self-powered aircraft models benefit from the large wind-free open space of the hangar.[10]
Since 1994, Ocean County Vocational Technical School has operated its Career & Technical Institute in the hangar, the institute offers adult tech programs in aviation and electronic technologies.[11]
In addition to Hangar No. 1 there are five other airship hangars at Lakehurst, which today are used for training, testing and storage.[5]
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USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) under construction inside the airship hangar No. 1 in 1923.[8]
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Hindenburg arrival at Lakehurst, May 9, 1936. With Hangar One and USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) moored in the background.
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Hangar N°1 on the Naval Air Station Lakehurst, about 1946/47.
See also
- Airship hangar
- Hangar One (Mountain View, California)
- Weeksville Dirigible Hangar
- Goodyear Airdock
- Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Ocean County, New Jersey
- JB MDL Lakehurst
- Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
- List of airships of the United States Navy
- US Army airships
References
Notes
- ^ During WWII, although airplanes performed most of the US Navy air operations, coastal anti-submarine patrol was conducted by lighter-than-air craft. The semirigid airships were used advantageously for coastwise and harbor-entrance observation because of their ability to slow down and hover for immediate scrutiny of suspected objects. Radio was used to warn shore stations and ships of danger. The airships carried depth bombs for attack and machine guns, primarily for defense.[4]
Citations
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Hangar No. 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. June 23, 2008. Archived from the original on January 13, 2009.
- ^ Bureau of Yards and Docks, US Navy 1947, pp. 253-254, Volume I — Part II: The Continental Bases
- ^ Bureau of Yards and Docks, US Navy 1947, pp. 227-228, Volume I — Part II: The Continental Bases
- ^ a b c "Lakehurst Naval Air Station". National Park Service. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Hangar No. One". NAV Lakehurst Historical Society. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
- ^ Shock 1996
- ^ Benjamin, Dave (November 22, 2006). "History is in the air at Lakehurst base". Examiner Upper Freehold. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
- ^ "East Coast Indoor Modelers — History". Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ "OCVTS — School history". Retrieved December 29, 2011.
Bibliography
- OCLC 568748097. Retrieved December 29, 2011. (Public domain)
- Shock, James R. (1996). American airship bases and facilities. New Smyrna Beach, Fla.: M & T Printers. ISBN 978-0-9649480-3-7.
This article incorporates public domain material from Hangar No. 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station. National Park Service. Retrieved December 28, 2011.