Vol. 8 No. 1 Benefiel • 71 os uf fc-hd uatcyc.oNmomootdhaetri oani sr .c r a f t c o u l d b o a s t Ot hneei r asrpeeae dw. hTehr ee y bwl i me rpes ms ua sf fsei rveed c rwaaf ts, t hp o o r p o u p r s , epl leeedd o nwl ya sb ya t wmoe reen g7i n8 e sm. iKl e- ss h ippe’ sr 55 while its standard cruising s m p p e h e . d was 50 knots, or around 57 56 Subsequent models did not im- pa trtoevme p t et hd i tso psupteae dp.o s iLt iTvAe s pai dn voonc at ht ei ss ssppeeeedd,foarrgauninegsctohratt it was the perfect 57 since it was faster tehnaonu gahn yt o Uk-ebeopa tp ai fc en eweidt h bteh, e bcuot n svlooyws fpoarc eh owu ar ss ue pf foe nc t ievned .f oTr h oe sucgohr tti hn eg scloonw- vwooyusl, d i tn eavl es or bme eqauni tc kt ht oa t t hbel i ms c pe n ter aovf eal reensecmuey sourbtmhearrinepe.orted presence of an At hneo tehf feercitsi vs ue en et hs sa toi fs oa if rt es hn i pp rs e ws eanst etdh eoinr vs luolwn ewr aobui ll di t yl i. k Te layr gbeet isn cs roe dl ai br gl ye eaans yd f soor tehnec oeunnetme ry tthoa dt ebsltirmo yp .s Thhaed odnue r ci nogm tbhaet 55 Anthony Burton, Balloons and Airships: A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation (Phila- delphia, PA: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, n.d.). 56 William Althoff, Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy 57 Ibid, 184. 58 Ibid, 192, 59 J. Gordon Vaeth, “Incident in the Florida Straits,” U.S. Naval Institute, last modified Ac euegduisntg 1s /, 11997799/, aaucgc eussst /eidn cOicdteonbte- frl o1r7i d, a2-0s2t r2a, i thst.t p s : / / w w w . u s n i . o r g / m a g a z i n e s / p r o - 60 Ibid. wa papr e, awr hs i tcoh pt or oovkeptlha icse pooni nJ ut . l Dy i1s 8o ,b1e 9y i4n3g, Nb lai mv yp bs lwi me pr e dtoo cot rnilnyeo, bwshe ircvhe satnadt erde pt hoar tt U-boat presences, the K-ship K-74 at- tSatcrakietds. a surfaced U-boat in the Florida 58 The K-ship made a pass di- rectly above the U-boat, U-138, planning oc onn tdarcot p. pL ii ne ug t ei tnsa ndte pNtehl s ob no mGbr isl l so, nc otmh e- mand pilot of K-74 remarked that the townohweredreec“k's.”o close that I could have spit 59 The pass was successful, but K-74’s Mark XVII depth bombs failed ttohereclreeawseoffrom their racks. By this time, U-138 had managed to man thhitetiirng20mm cannon on board the deck, K-74s envelope, starboard engAifnteer, aanrdapfildigahstcceonnt,trols, disabling her. K-74 slowly stalled icnr teowt hmee mw abteerrs. sEui gr vhitv oe df tthhee sehnicpo’ su nnti enre, wd riot hw tnhi ne goinnl yt hceaws uaat el trys, oI sf at hdeo rAet lSatnatsi cs .e l , 60 V“ Na ee vt he r bc eofmo rme ehnatds s uocnh atnh iesn g af igr ee mf i gehntt, bp ei tet en df oauggahi nt , sat l tUh -obuogaht sb liinm pb so thha dWboerel nd
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