history · 09 August 1924 · 100 years ago
The US airship Shenandoah proved that dirigibles could operate at sea by mooring to a mast on the USS Patoka while the ship was under way off the east coast of the United States. It remained docked for nearly 24 hours. Later in the month, Shenandoah carried out the first fleet operation by an American rigid airship, locating an "enemy" force 200 miles out to sea.
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