Saturday, May 12, 2018

Airship docking on a sea ship


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  1. Everyone thought that blimps were the future back then.

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  2. The ship is the Patoka

    http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/auxil/ao9.htm

    She was fitted with the mooring mast for the USN airships of the time. Here she with the Shenandoah moored to her

    http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5148/5683871777_7d844c0282_z.jpg

    The airships were always stations too far from the front to fulfill their scouting role effectively.

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