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Vol. 8 No. 1 Benefiel • 73 ma cehai envt et od . bSepui cseerdewx ph leani nasi rt hs ui spfruermt haecry: i s “y‘oAui r pdloawn ens. ’ wSiul lr ec otmh eeyu pc aann, di fs ht hoeoyt wo uarn ta ti ropcl oa nmees daol swon i tno t1h0e0 af ei re. t Twhi et hy cdaens t raol syoe rs, hooi ol etr ,uPpTa b touagt ,, edtrcy, idf oocukr, ami ru sc to veexrpwe ci tl l lteot tl ohseem stohmr oeu gbhl i.mOpnse, ai nntdo af ni gyh ot itnhge—r nwaev aal l st yop leoss, ti f own ee goof adbuoriuntg ethveerwyatry. pe of fighting unit 68 Tb ah suesd, ut hpeo ne rt hr oe ri r ivnu l en ve ar laubai tl ii tnyg i sb tl irme apt s- iani rgc rt ahfet m. I n aasd di f i ttiho eny, s wu secreep tj ui bsitl i tayntoot he enr- eo mf ys hf ii rpes . i s Ej uv es tn a hf aecl itc oo fp tvearrsi o uhso lcdl a stshei ss st aarmg ee t s vfuol rn eernaebmi l iyt yf—i g ht ht eerys . mI t aiks ef a iera st oy aa dt tma cikt ,t hbautt bilti mi sp snaort e f va iurl nteor adbi lseq ut oa lai fiyr tAhneomthfeorrftahciest. that made the blimp so effaencdt i vues de fuurli nign t hpeo sBt awt at lre oa cf ttihv ei t iAe tsl awn tai cs tnhoet iers t ahbe i lvi ti syi b iilni t y obbl isme rpv al ot oi okno. u tAs lht he ol df f: 68 Ibid. 69 Althoff, Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy, 182. 70 Picinich, “Blimps Blast Subs.” 71 Rosendahl, “REPORT on the LIGHTER-THAN-AIR SITUATION.” 72 Vaeth, Blimps & U-Boats: U.S. Navy Airships in the Battle of the Atlantic, 144. “pTl ahtef o Kr m- s haitp s ewaa. sL aarng ei dpelaals tsiuc rwv ei ni l dl aonwc es ns heiapr’lsy el onoc ki rocul et ds twh ee rceo nat rl wo lacyasr . aTth et haei ri r- sthtaetyiosnaswa.”nd they reported everything 69 This was an advantage no oi nt chleurdai ni rgc trha ef t haet l ti choeptti emr e. Acnodu,l ud nbl oi kaes ta no fy, ointthoerthaeirwcirnadft,, ciut t ciotsumldo“tporosin, at nidtshnoovseer over one spot for hours.”70 Deputy Chief oV fi cNe aAv da ml Oi rpael rRa taido fnosr df r on mo t e1d9, 4“ 8N ot on -1r 9i g4i 9d ap iarrsthoi pf st hpeo as ns et is-ss ugbr me aat r pi noet ef no tricael i bt iye sv iars- tvui seu aolf o tbhseeirrv astui oi tna bainl idt yi nfsot rr u emxehnatuasl tdi vee- tection of submarines.”71 As put by the vv iactei oand” mwiar sa lt, h“ee xbhl iamups t’ si vset rvoins gu aslu oi tb. sTehre- at oi rbs ehci po’ms es uarnv ee xi lcl aenl lceen tapblial ittfyo raml s of olre na et ri t- it ahli sp, hsoatyoi ng rga, p“ Bh yl i .mJ . pGsowr deor en, Va anedt hs tri lel caarl les, ts rqeuma de nr odno su sw ce ar em pe rr oa updl aot ff ot rhme i sr . pAhi ro st ho igp- rt ha ep hbye satnpdhvoi et od dweipt ha rotnmeeannto. ”t h e r t o h a v e 72 Such was tehres.nature of blimps as vigilant observOevneeryword emerges again and again in source describing blimps’

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