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Arctic Mission

90 North by Airship and Submarine

"Artic Mission recounts two concurrent Navy Department penetrations of the Arctic in 1958, one an unclassified project, the other absolutely secret. Sailing under the direct orders of the Commander in Chief, the nuclear submarine Nautilus would, if successful, reaffirm U.S. technological prowess with a stupendous demonstration; an under-ice transit of the Arctic Basin via the North Pole. The airships unclassified mission was an Office of Naval Research project, with the objective to assess the suitability of non-rigid airships for support of field parties deployed throughout the North, ashore and afloat. That August, BUNO 126719 crossed the Arctic Circle, the sole military airship ever to do so, en route to rendezvous with a U.S. Air Force ice-rafted camp in the Arctic Ocean. As 719 pressed north, Nautilus pierced the geographic pole, then without changing course logged the first-ever transit of the deep-ocean Arctic, Pacific to Atlantic. Based on interviews and correspondence with dozens of participants, and on Navy Department reports, the work presents first-hand material throughout, and is a distinct contribution to naval literature."--from Amazon.

Based on interviews and correspondence with dozens of participants, and on Navy Department reports, the work presents first-hand material throughout, and is a distinct contribution to naval literature."--Amazon.

Drift Station

Arctic Outposts of Superpower Science

Danger is the constant companion of ice-based researchers

Danger is the constant companion of ice-based researchers

U. S. S. Los Angeles

The Navy's Venerable Airship and Aviation Technology

-- Combines original photographs with exacting research in official records -- Reveals the U.S. Army's furtive efforts to weaken the Navy's control over developments in lighter-than-air technology Aviation historian William F. Althoff tells the story of the U.S. Navy's airship, USS Los Angeles, the most successful aircraft of its type ever flown. In dramatic detail, Althoff recounts how the Navy arranged for the famed German Zeppelin Company to build the ship, thwarted schemes by the U.S. Army's Air Service to take control of it, and helped plan its record-breaking, historic, four-day flight from Germany to the United States. Flight enthusiasts will appreciate Althoff's treatment of this critical juncture in the genesis of aviation technology.

-- Combines original photographs with exacting research in official records -- Reveals the U.S. Army's furtive efforts to weaken the Navy's control over developments in lighter-than-air technology Aviation historian William F. Althoff tells ...

Forgotten Weapon

U.S. Navy Airships and the U-boat War

Airships are the forgotten weapon of World War II. Forgotten Weapons analyzes the development of airships as weapons for antisubmarine warfare, examines how scientists and airmen collaborated to combat U-boats and reveals the little-known accomplishments of airship crews. As William F. Althoff demonstrates, the naval airship logged an admirable operational record during the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continued armed contest during the war. Their useful deployment depended first, however, on effective collaboration between naval airmen and government-sponsored research institutions, such as the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC). The Battle of the Atlantic saw a race to gain technological advantage German measures met by Allied counter measures with both sides producing various weapons and sensors designed either to destroy or to protect Allied merchant shipping. For the antisubmarine campaign, U.S. contract laboratories devised the magnetic airborne detector (MAD), microwave radar, the Loran long-range navigation systems, radio sono-buoys, and pattern ordnance, all of which were fitted to airships. Key NDRC projects exploited lighter-than-air platforms for airborne tests. Hurried into production, special devices for antisubmarine warfare were fitted onto fleet airships as well as in airplanes and surface forces. The result turned the tide against the U-boat menace and saved countless lives, supplies, and shipping. This book is an invaluable history and reference for readers interested in airships, antisubmarine warfare, the Battle of the Atlantic, and the bygone squadrons of unique airmen who helped defeat the Nazi war on commerce from 1939 to 1945.

This book is an invaluable history and reference for readers interested in airships, antisubmarine warfare, the Battle of the Atlantic, and the bygone squadrons of unique airmen who helped defeat the Nazi war on commerce from 1939 to 1945.

USS Los Angeles

The Navy's Venerable Airship and Aviation Technology

Aviation historian William Althoff tells the story of the U.S. Navy's airship, USS "Los Angeles," the most successful aircraft of its type ever flown

Aviation historian William Althoff tells the story of the U.S. Navy??'s airship, USS "Los Angeles," the most successful aircraft of its type ever flown.