Last month a centennial went nearly without notice. On September 3, 1925 the US NAVY Airship USS Shenandoah crashed in Noble ...
Introduction. End and Beginning -- Technical Decisions of High Consequence -- Preparations -- Bitter Spring -- Turning Tide -- Southern Squadrons -- Mediterranean Squadron -- Pacific Coast Operations ...
In the years between the world wars, the US Navy experimented with massive rigid airships as flying scout cruisers. These giants, like the USS Akron and USS Macon, carried their own fighter planes and ...
From 1921 to 1935, the Navy maneuvered five lighter-than-air flying giants, with occasional visits to San Diego. But the ...
The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most remarkable stories in the service’s history. More than 80 years ago, the crew of the ...
1915-1918 -- Balloon racing resumes -- Lost in Canada -- "Let go!" -- Enter the rigids -- Thomas Greenhow Williams Settle -- Another Navy race -- Lightning and ...
The Navy has spent $129.8 million on the cleanup of the former World War II blimp hangar at the shuttered Marine Corps Air Station Tustin.