• Source: List of airships of the United States Navy

List of airships of the United States Navy identifies the airships of the United States Navy by type, identification, and class.




Rigid airships (ZR)






= Fabric-clad rigid airships

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The fabric-clad rigid airships were given commissions, the same as warships.

USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) - served 1923-25, lost 3 September 1925 due to structural failure while in line squalls, 14 killed
(ZR-2) - British-built as R38, lost 24 August 1921 before US Navy acceptance (and before official use of the ZR-2 designation) due to severe control inputs at low altitude and high speed far in excess of structural strength, 44 killed including 16 USN personnel
USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) - German-built as LZ 126, served 1924-39 (decommissioned 1932, and dismantled 1940)
Akron class

USS Akron (ZRS-4) - aircraft carrier served 1931-33, lost 4 April 1933 in a storm, 73 killed
USS Macon (ZRS-5) - aircraft carrier served 1933-35, lost 12 February 1935 due to structural failure, 2 killed
(ZRCV), proposed successor to the Akron class, not built




Other airships


All other airships were registered as aircraft.




= Metal rigid airships

=
ZMC-2, a metalclad-airship built by the Aircraft Development Corp - 1929-41 (scrapped)




= Semi-rigid airships

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O-1 Airship




= Blimps (non-rigid airships)

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A class blimp (experimental)
B class blimp (patrol & training)
C class blimp (patrol)
D class blimp (patrol)
E class blimp (trainer)
F class blimp (trainer)
G class blimp (trainer & utility airship) (ZNN-G) (ZGT)
H class blimp (observation)
J class blimp (trainer)
K-1 blimp (experimental)
K class blimp (anti-submarine patrol) (ZNP-K)
(ZSG-2, ZSG-3, ZSG-4, ZP5K)
L class blimp (trainer) (ZNN-L)
M class blimp (anti-submarine patrol) (ZNP-M)
N class blimp (anti-submarine patrol & AEW) (ZPN-1, ZPG-1)
(ZPG-2, ZPG-2W)
(ZPG-3W), largest blimp ever built
TC class blimp - transferred from US Army
MZ-3A (experimental) first Navy airship in 40 years




Gallery























See also


British blimps operated by the USN
French Blimps operated by the USN
Piasecki PA-97
US Army airships
List of United States Navy ships




Footnotes






References


Allen, Hugh, "The Story of the Airship (non-rigid), Akron, Ohio, 1943
Althoff, William F., "Sky Ships" New York, Orion Books, 1990, ISBN 0-517-56904-3
Grossnick, Roy A., "Kite Balloons to Airships. . . the Navy's Lighter-than-air Experience", Washington, Government Printing Office, 1986
Higham, Robin, "The British Rigid Airship, 1908–1931: A Study in Weapons Policy," London, G.T. Foulis & Co Ltd.
Mowthorpe, Ces, "Battle Bags," Phoenix Mill, Far Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, Allan Sutton Publishing, 1995
Shock, James R., "U.S. Navy Airships 1915-1962, Edgewater, Florida, Atlantis Productions, 2001, ISBN 0-9639743-8-6
Vaeth, J. Gordon, "Blimps & U-Boats", Annapolis, Maryland, US Naval Institute Press, 1992, ISBN 1-55750-876-3
Ventry, Lord & Kolesnik, Eugen M., "Airship Saga," Poole, Dorset, Britain, Blandford Press, 1982, ISBN 0713710012

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