Zeppelin "Los Angeles" Leaving Hangar at Lakehurst, New Jersey, 1926
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In the 1920s and 1930s, the U.S. Navy experimented with rigid airships both as reconnaissance craft and as flying aircraft carriers. The helium-lifted ships proved too fragile for military service as three of the four built were lost in storms. Only the USS Los Angeles avoided disaster. It was decommissioned and dismantled in 1939.
In the 1920s and 1930s, the U.S. Navy experimented with rigid airships both as reconnaissance craft and as flying aircraft carriers. The helium-lifted ships proved too fragile for military service as three of the four built were lost in storms. Only the USS Los Angeles avoided disaster. It was decommissioned and dismantled in 1939.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1926
Subject Date
1926
Creators
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2011.0.2.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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