E-book
Sky ships : a history of the airship in the United States Navy
Record details
- ISBN: 9781591142133
- ISBN: 1612519016
- ISBN: 9781612519012
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages)
remote - Edition: 25th anniversary edition.
- Publisher: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2016]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:february.18 Multi-User. |
| 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. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 25, 2017). |
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| Genre: | History. Electronic books. |
