51 Channels Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023): 51-80 ISSN 2474-2651 © 2023, Benefiel, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- nd/4.0/) End of the Patrol: Analysis of the Blimp and Its Contributions to the US Navy, 1941-1962 Spencer M. Benefiel History and Government Abstract Fu rs oe mo f 1l i9g 1h 7t e rt o- t h1a9n6-2a,i rt hvee hUi cnliet se,df rSotma t es smNa lal voyb swear sv aAt imo ne railckai’tse m- baailnl o coonns ttroi bt uh teomr at os sti hv ee infamous rigid airships like the ill-fated Shenandoah, Akron, and Macon. Most aviation bheisgtaonrieasftecorvtehre tdheemNisaevyo’sf trhigeid airships but ignore the post-rigid era, a period that Hindenburg. This study serves to examine the Navy’s ae irras. hTi hp i sp sr ot ugdr ay mi s ibna st he de us upbosne bqoutehn qt ut wa l oi t at itmi v ee ap ne dr i oq du sa:nWt i toart li dv eWs oa ur rI cI easn, dm tohset opfows thwi cahr cmoamk ei nfgr ot hme ws t rui dt tye nm ao cs ct loyurnetlsi aannt du sptoant i ps triicms ar reyc os roduerdc eds u. Tr ihnrgo tuhgeh stuhbe j ee xc ta’ ms ti inma tei of rna amned, ab nu at iloy ns i st oomf tehrecshea snot ucrocnevso, yt hdi se fset nu sdey dsuhroiwn gs tthhea tBNa tatvl ey obfl itmh ep sA wt l aenr et i ca avnadl utahbalte bcloi mn tpr si -’ ptheerfjoertmagaen.ce and strengths enabled them to be valuable aircraft to the Navy even in Keywords: airships, Battle of the Atlantic, Blimps, US Navy, World War II.
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