Sky ships: a history of the airship in the United States Navy

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Establishing an air station -- The USS Shenandoah and the early years -- The USS Los Angeles: training and experimentation -- The USS Akron and USS Macon -- Lakehurst: international airport -- Preparations for war -- The war years -- Postwar progress -- End of the program -- Afterword -- Appendixes -- A. Commanding officers, NAS Lakehurst (1921-62) -- B. Performance and other data for U.S. Navy airships (1915-61) -- U.S. Navy lighter-than-air headquarters and facilities, Second World War -- Memorandum on status of lighter-than-air -- E. Postwar airship deliveries to the U.S. Navy -- F. Last airships in the U.S. Navy aircraft inventory. Establishing an air station -- The USS Shenandoah and the early years -- The USS Los Angeles: training and experimentation -- The USS Akron and USS Macon -- Lakehurst: international airport -- Preparations for war -- The war years -- Postwar progress -- End of the program -- Afterword -- Appendixes -- A. Commanding officers, NAS Lakehurst (1921-62) -- B. Performance and other data for U.S. Navy airships (1915-61) -- U.S. Navy lighter-than-air headquarters and facilities, Second World War -- Memorandum on status of lighter-than-air -- E. Postwar airship deliveries to the U.S. Navy -- F. Last airships in the U.S. Navy aircraft inventory.