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2 days ago · Their decline was accelerated by a series of high-profile accidents, including the 1930 crash and burning of the British R101 in France, the 1933 and 1935 storm-related crashes of the twin airborne aircraft carrier U.S. Navy helium-filled rigids, the USS Akron and USS Macon respectively, and the 1937 burning of the German hydrogen-filled ...
- Lz 129 Hindenburg
LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration:...
- Rigid Airship
USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) was the first rigid airship...
- Blimp
The Spirit of Goodyear, one of the iconic Goodyear Blimps. A...
- High Altitude Venus Operational Concept
High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) is a set of...
- Zeppelin Nt
View from cockpit of a Zeppelin NT. The Zeppelin NT ("Neue...
- Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German: Ferdinand Adolf...
- Lz 129 Hindenburg
5 days ago · An organization on a quest to find and memorialize all 52 U.S. submarines lost during World War II has located the wreck of the USS Harder, a sub credited with sinking the most enemy warships ...
1 day ago · USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. [9] [ Note 1] She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
4 days ago · The final ship of the Essex-class, and the last wooden-deck aircraft carrier to serve with the U.S. Navy, she was laid down at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, on July 15, 1942 ...
2 days ago · Manhattan District The Trinity test of the Manhattan Project on 16 July 1945 was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Active 1942–1946 Disbanded 15 August 1947 Country United States United Kingdom Canada Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Garrison/HQ Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S. Anniversaries 13 August 1942 Engagements Allied invasion of Italy Allied invasion of France Allied invasion of ...
2 days ago · The USS Akron was a flying aircraft carrier designed to provide long-distance scouting in support of fleet operations of the U. S. Navy. The Akron crashed at sea during a storm off the coast of New Jersey after the ship's tail hit the water.
4 days ago · The U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is not just a symbol of American military might, but a testament to the nation's ability to adapt and overcome ...
