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)
US Navy
airships and balloons, 1931Fabric-clad rigid airships
The fabric-clad rigid airships were given commissions, the same as warships.[1]
- USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) - served 1923-25, lost 3 September 1925 due to structural failure while in line squalls, 14 killed
- USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) - German-built as LZ 126, served 1924-39 (decommissioned 1932, and dismantled 1940)
- USS Akron (ZRS-4) - aircraft carrier served 1931-33, lost 4 April 1933 in a storm, 73 killed
- USS Macon (ZRS-5) - 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
All other airships were registered as aircraft.
Metal rigid airships
- ZMC-2, a metalclad-airship built by the Aircraft Development Corp - 1929-41 (scrapped)
Semi-rigid airships
Blimps (non-rigid airships)
- A class blimp(experimental)
- B class blimp(patrol & training)
- C class blimp(patrol)
- D class blimp(patrol)
- E class blimp(trainer)
- F class blimp(trainer)
- G class blimp (trainer & utility airship) (ZNN-G[4]) (ZGT)
- H class blimp(observation)
- J class blimp(trainer)
- K-1 blimp (experimental)
- K class blimp(anti-submarine patrol) (ZNP-K)
- (ZSG-2, ZSG-3, ZSG-4, ZP5K)
- L class blimp(trainer) (ZNN-L)
- M class blimp(anti-submarine patrol) (ZNP-M)
- AEW) (ZPN-1, ZPG-1)
- (ZPG-2, ZPG-2W)
- (ZPG-3W), largest blimp ever built
- TC class blimp- transferred from US Army
- MZ-3A(experimental) first Navy airship in 40 years
Gallery
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USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) -
R38 / ZR-2 -
USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) -
USS Akron (ZRS-4)
See also
- British blimps operated by the USN
- French Blimps operated by the USN
- Piasecki PA-97
- US Army airships
- List of United States Navy ships
Footnotes
- ^ Reilly, John C. (December 2022). "Christening, Launching, and Commissioning of U.S. Navy Ships". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ Higham, Robin, "The British Rigid Airship, 1908-1931 A study in weapons policy," London, G.T. Foulis & Co Ltd. p. 222, 1961
- ISBN 0-517-56904-3
- ^ Grossnick, Roy A., "Kite Balloons to Airships. . . the Navy's Lighter-than-air Experience,", Washington, Government Printing Office, 1986
References
- Allen, Hugh, "The Story of the Airship (non-rigid), Akron, Ohio, 1943
- Althoff, William F., "Sky Ships" New York, Orion Books, 1990, ISBN 0-517-56904-3
- 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, ISBN 0-9639743-8-6
- Vaeth, J. Gordon, "Blimps & U-Boats", Annapolis, Maryland, US Naval Institute Press, 1992, ISBN 1-55750-876-3
- Ventry, Lord & Kolesnik, Eugen M., "Airship Saga," Poole, Dorset, Britain, Blandford Press, 1982, ISBN 0713710012
