Vol. 8 No. 1 Benefiel • 53 1m b l i a I m n n s s p t s e a w im d e ar o e g f i t t n y h e p e d i c o a ff f l e l o y n r u si s v t e e h d e r b i o r y l e t h a th i e r e s A h G ll i e i p e r s s - , ft oe rr rdi feyfienngs teh. rGeeart mt oa nt hy e’ s pUr -ebcoi oaut ss wl i feerl ien ea op fl oAytel adnttoi c ks ehei pppwi nagt, csho abbl iomv pe smweerrceh adne t- coonne vfoayc st . eDma et ar gf reodmt htahti sweor ua lids rs icnagn tf,rbo umt tahdee sm ot uo t h cs oomf eL: T A“ Naod v obcl iamt eps- ef socro dr teecd- convoy was attacked by a submarine.”2 Bd eyt tehr irse nmt eot rf i Uc , - bb loi ma t ps sa nwde rae parno teef cf et oc tri voef ct hoenrveo ywsa. sWl iittthl e t hu es ewf oa rr coivvei lri ,a nh obwl iemvpe sr ,, swoh tehne csommapl laar ierds htiop st hf eel l pi unbt ol i co bi ns cf autrui tay- tRioignidwaitihrszheippspecloinnst.inued to define LTA aGveiramt i aonny—efxopr a nb de tetde rt hoerc of omr mwe or crisael . uAs es of its own zeppelins such as the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg, the United Sa itrasthe si pNeaxvpye reimm be na rt .kDe du roi nngitths eoiwn tne rrwi gai dr yoef afrosu, rit ogriagnatnivzeesdsaenlsd: ftlhewe its own fleet Shenandoah (ZR-1), Los Angeles (ZR-3), Akron (ZRS- 4), and the Macon (ZRS-5). Both the Shenandoah and the Los Angeles were 1 J. Gordon Vaeth, Blimps & U-Boats: U.S. Navy Airships in the Battle of the Atlantic (An- napolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute, 1992). 2 T.G.W. Settle, “Why No Blimps?,” U.S. Naval Institute, last modified February 1, 1939, accessed November 9, 2022, https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1939/february/why-no-blimps. 3 William Althoff, Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy (New York, New York: Orion Books, 1990), 275. bUuniiltte db yS tGa et er smaasnpya ratnodf wd ealri vreerpeadr attoi otnhse, whereas the Akron and the Macon were Ap lme teerl iyc aunn- bi quui let da ne sdi g nf e; a tt uh reeyd wae r ceo, mi n- et hses eynccaer, r ifel ydi ntgh r eaei r ct or a ffti v ec aCrur iretri sss, Fa 9n Cd Sh pu al lrsr. oTwh rheaewokf t hfei gs eh tf eorusr a iwr si thhi pi ns wtohuelidr ct hr ae sdhe ai nt h sh oorf r8i f9i ca iarcschi idpemn et sn, . lTeha edsi ne gd itso- asters, alongside the destruction of the Hindenburg, led to a deadly reputation fDoersLpTitAe. these accidents, the Navy still fseplot ne ns itbr iul isttye d fwo ri t h aai rsst hr ai pnsg. e sLeine suet eonf arne t- Cl aosmt mc oamn md earn dMearrsi oonf ENpapveasl , Aoinr e S ot af t ti ohne (yNe aArSs), r eLma kaerhk ue dr s, t“ Tdh ui sr icnogu nittrsy haai rss thhi pe os inml yp l ymbi el ict aa ruys e at hi res hUi.pSs. h ai ns t ht he eo nwl yoardl d- el oqnuga thea sdo ut hr ec e uonfi qhue el i urme s. pTohnes iNb ial vi tyy hf oa sr ds he ivpe lbo up tmtehni st ahnads mn iol ti t ar reyc eui svee do f gt he ne eari ar -l souppppoortrutnniotry.h”as it been recognized as an 3 At the time, the United Sl i tuamt e si nwtahse t wh eo rolndl, ymmaakjionrg stohuer cues eo fohf ei t-
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