NON-RIGID AIRSHIPS
FIRST AMERICAN SQUADRON (Rec. 7 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. The Navy Department announced that it has commissioned the first of several .squadrons of non-rigid airships. Armed with depth bombs and guns, these moderate-sized blimps will be valuable for spotting submarines and mines, and escorting surface vessels.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24808, 7 January 1942, Page 6
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