aidenmac16
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Question: what kind of zeppelins did the Navy use during this time?
What kinds of zeppelins did the Navy use during this time?
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Snautzer01
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What time?
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aidenmac16
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1918-1939
Snautzer01
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Few can be found here: Zeppelin Graf Zeppelin and other ridgid airships
GreenKnight121
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I don't mind him asking simplistic questions that elicit informative answers - but when we have to play 20 questions just to figure out the details of what he wants to know about....
Barnie65
Airman 1st Class
USS Macon (ZRS-5) - Wikipedia
USS Akron - Wikipedia
List of airships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia
None of these were Zeppelins; Akron and Macon were built by Goodyear.USS Macon (ZRS-5) - Wikipedia
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USS Akron - Wikipedia
List of airships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia
Snautzer01
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The where ridgit airships Zeppeling is just a brand name, like Ford. The principle of the inner ship besides the floating gas is more or less the same.
Not sure what this means but I've never heard Macon, Akron et al ever referred to as anything other than either 'blimp', 'airship' or 'dirigible'. Zeppelin is indeed a brand name, hence the distinct difference between Zeppelins built for Germany and other airships built elsewhere that were definitely NOT Zeppelins.
But again, if the OP asks a clear question with some point to it, maybe they'll get an informed answer. Or Google it first.
Snautzer01
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Indeed. Its like calling a bf 109 a mustang. On the other hand they are 1 engined propeller driven armed and armoured fighters. Not the same but the same concept.
Look in the thread i provided. You perhaps can see the general concept of either Zeppelins or American Ridgits being more or less the same.
Same for the Brit ones.
Floaty device with chambered gas cell. With a ridgit inner construction and here and there an engine and command pod.
They are the same concept.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
U.S.S. Shenandoah. ZR-1. I believe this was based off a Zeppelin design.
U.S.S. Akron. ZR-4. Built by the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation.
U.S.S. Macon. ZR-5. Built by The Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation.
I forgot who built U.S.S. Los Angeles. ZR-126(?).
I'm ignoring the "Tin Bubble" 'cause I don't consider it a Zep and I never paid much attention to it.
I'd love to find to find my copy of Janes All the Worlds Airships.
U.S.S. Akron. ZR-4. Built by the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation.
U.S.S. Macon. ZR-5. Built by The Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation.
I forgot who built U.S.S. Los Angeles. ZR-126(?).
I'm ignoring the "Tin Bubble" 'cause I don't consider it a Zep and I never paid much attention to it.
I'd love to find to find my copy of Janes All the Worlds Airships.
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cammerjeff
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The USS Los Angeles Was build by the Zeppelin corporation so I think that would make it a USN Zeppelin
ZR-3
ZR-3
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
LZ 126 was stuck in my head for some unfathomable reason.
