Sky ships : a history of the airship in the United States Navy / William F. Althoff.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781612519012
- ISBN: 1612519016
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages)
- Edition: 25th anniversary edition.
- Publisher: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2016]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Establishing an air station -- The USS Shenandoah and the early years -- The USS Los Angeles: training and experimentation -- The USS Akron and USS Macon -- Lakehurst: international airport -- Preparations for war -- The war years -- Postwar progress -- End of the program -- Afterword -- Appendixes -- A. Commanding officers, NAS Lakehurst (1921-62) -- B. Performance and other data for U.S. Navy airships (1915-61) -- U.S. Navy lighter-than-air headquarters and facilities, Second World War -- Memorandum on status of lighter-than-air -- E. Postwar airship deliveries to the U.S. Navy -- F. Last airships in the U.S. Navy aircraft inventory. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 25, 2017). |
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Subject: | United States. Navy > Aviation > History. United States. Navy. Airships > United States > History. |
Genre: | History. Electronic books. |