U.S. PLANS TWO DIRIGIBLES
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26. The United States Navy will seek funds immediately to construct two giant dirigibles, larger than the Macon, now based at. Sunnyvale, California, Rear-Admiral Ernest J. King suid yesterday as he stopped at the harbor on route to San Diego. Admiral King, who was on a survey of fleet aviation, said that the dirigibles would replace the Akron and the decommissioned Los Angeles*. Doric Star, is being lengthened by 30ft., and a new type of bow fitted. Another vessel, known in the Australian apple trade, the Trojan Star, is also undergoing extensive alterations. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS Napier.—Dee. 8: Arrived, Pakura, 9.30 a.in., from Gisborne. Sydney.—Dee, 8: Sailed, from New castle, YVairtma, for Wellington.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18266, 8 December 1933, Page 5
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