June 14, 2016 NAVAL GAZERS: 1943. January 1943. "A blimp of the U.S. Navy is led onto the apron of an East Coast lighter-than-air station before taking off on a patrol over the Atlantic Ocean." OWI
Comment: Looks like the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3).
Comment: The hanger was built for the dirigibles Shenandoah and Los Angeles. Th hangar was 966 feet long, 350 feet wide and 224 feet high with a floor area of 211,434 square feet and both airships could be in there side-by-side.
The hangar could shelter six of the K Type blimps shown in the picture.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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