| Edition |
25th anniversary edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Navy -- Aviation -- History.
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United States. Navy. |
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Aeronautics. |
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History. |
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Airships -- United States -- History.
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Airships. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
History of the airship in the United States Navy |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Althoff, William F. Sky ships 25th anniversary edition. Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2015] 9781591142133 (DLC) 2015028296 |
| ISBN |
9781612519012 electronic book |
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1612519016 electronic book |
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9781591142133 alkaline paper |
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