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American Airships

  • Airship: DJ's Zeppelin Page
    This website features three individual photo galleries on separate pages of original photographs of the USS Akron, USS Los Angeles and the USS Macon.
    http://www.airships.net/

  • Aviation History Online Museum
    This is an extract from Modern Aircraft by Victor W. Page and was published in 1927. It compares American Airships to German Airships.
    http://www.aviation-history.com/theory/airship/airship.htm

  • Bluejean's Place
    This is a collection of colour photographs of a visit to the various memorials commemorating the wreck of the USS Shenandoah. The Airship crashed barely two years after her commissioning in south-eastern Ohio.
    http://www.bluejeansplace.com/ USSShenandoahMemorial.html

  • David and Liz's Homepage
    A relatively brief but well illustrated report about the crash of the USS Macon from a war gamers' perspective. It also includes a map of the last flight.
    http://www.btinternet.com/~david.manley/naval/ genquar/airships.htm

  • Don Skiff's Home Page
    This is a collection of eleven old photographs from family photograph albums of the aftermath of the crash of the USS Shenandoah, many with people milling around the wreckage.
    http://www.donskiff.com/wreck_of_the_shenandoah.htm

  • George's World
    This website features sixteen photographs in total: four of the USS Los Angeles at Lakehurst, New Jersey before and after her commissioning and twelve of the USS Shenandoah flying in and around St Louis, Missouri.
    http://www.letgeorgedoit.com/airship_photos.htm

  • LA-ex.org
    Whilst the fourth and current USS Los Angeles is a nuclear powered submarine, the second was a rigid Airship, built in Germany, for the United States Navy. This website mainly a selection of photographs and postcards. Note: The following link was originally one line.
    http://www.la-ex.org/View_Photos/1974_Christening/Ancestors/ Airship_USS_Los_Angeles_larges/ airship_uss_los_angeles_larges.html

  • Lakewood Public Library
    This is a report about the crash of the USS Shenandoah that was originally published in the Lakewood Sun Post as part of the Lakewood Lore column. It includes eyewitness accounts of the crash and the aftermath.
    http://www.lkwdpl.org/lore/lore152.htm

  • Lighter-Than-Air Association
    The Lighter-Than-Air Society was established in Akron, Ohio and it is devoted to the study of all form of Lighter-than-air aviation, not just Airships.
    http://www.blimpinfo.com/

  • Lucidcafe
    This is a short and fairly brief, though extremely well illustrated, article about the USS Macon. It examines her role as an airborne aircraft carrier and her crash off Point Sur, California.
    http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/macon.html

  • Magweb
    This is a sample article from The Naval SITREP about the convoy escort role that Airships played during World War One. It also includes the specifications of the USS Macon.
    http://www.magweb.com/sample/snav/sn10airs.htm

  • Moffett Field History Society
    Moffett Filed was the home base for the USS Macon and this society was formed to operate the museum. The museum was formerly located in Hanger One.
    http://www.moffettfieldmuseum.org/

  • NASA Technical Reports Server
    The NASA technical reports server includes reports from NASA's predecessor, the NACA or National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The NACA undertook aeronautical research.
    http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp

  • National Park Service
    This is an itinerary of aviation related travel sites. The lighter than air aviation sites are listed in the categories of aviation pioneers and air power, though you will need to know the names of the facilities to locate relevant information.
    http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/aviation/sitelist.htm

  • National Underwater and Marine Agency
    This is a brief written report by Clive Cusslers' National Underwater and Marine Agency about their search for the wreck of the USS Akron off Beach Haven, New Jersey. This report is not illustrated.
    http://www.numa.net/expeditions/akron.html

  • Navy Lakehurst Historical Society
    The official website of the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society features a large amount of information about the history of American airships such as the USS Akron, USS Los Angeles and the USS Shenandoah at Lakehurst, New Jersey and also their hangers.
    http://www.nlhs.com/

  • NEW! - Spiegel Online
    This is an article about the search for the wreck of the USS Macon off the coast of California. The highlight is the two photograph galleries: The first is of the search and the second is of the early days of aviation, such as the Hindenburg.
    http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,441035,00.html

  • Zeppelin Library Archive
    This website has individual pages for the German built USS Los Angeles in addition to the American built USS Shenandoah and a combined page about the USS Akron and USS Macon. All pages includes photographs and specifications.
    http://www.ciderpresspottery.com/ZLA/greatzeps/ Great_Zepps.html


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