Ships of the United States Navy

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List of airships of the United States Navy identifies the airships of the United States Navy by type, identification, and class.

Rigid airships (ZR)

Main article: Rigid airship

The fabric-clad rigid airships were given commissions, the same as warships.^[1]

USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) - served 1923-25, lost 3 September 1925 due to structural failure while in line squalls, 14 killed
(ZR-2) - British-built as R38, lost 24 August 1921 before US Navy acceptance (and before official use of the ZR-2 designation) due to severe control inputs at low altitude and high speed far in excess of structural strength, 44 killed including 16 USN personnel^[2]^[3]
USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) - German-built as LZ 126, served 1924-39 (decommissioned 1932, and dismantled 1940)

USS Akron (ZRS-4) - aircraft carrier served 1931-33, lost 4 April 1933 in a storm, 73 killed
USS Macon (ZRS-5) - aircraft carrier served 1933-35, lost 12 February 1935 due to structural failure, 2 killed

(ZRCV), proposed successor to the Akron class, not built

Other airships

All other airships were registered as aircraft.

ZMC-2, a metalclad-airship built by the Aircraft Development Corp - 1929-41 (scrapped)

Main article: Blimp

A class blimp (experimental)
B class blimp (patrol & training)
C class blimp (patrol)
D class blimp (patrol)
E class blimp (trainer)
F class blimp (trainer)
G class blimp (trainer & utility airship) (ZNN-G^[4]) (ZGT)
H class blimp (observation)
J class blimp (trainer)
K-1 blimp (experimental)
K class blimp (anti-submarine patrol) (ZNP-K)
- (ZSG-2, ZSG-3, ZSG-4, ZP5K)
L class blimp (trainer) (ZNN-L)
M class blimp (anti-submarine patrol) (ZNP-M)
N class blimp (anti-submarine patrol & AEW) (ZPN-1, ZPG-1)
- (ZPG-2, ZPG-2W)
- (ZPG-3W), largest blimp ever built
TC class blimp - transferred from US Army
MZ-3A (experimental) first Navy airship in 40 years

Allen, Hugh, "The Story of the Airship (non-rigid), Akron, Ohio, 1943
Althoff, William F., "Sky Ships" New York, Orion Books, 1990, ISBN 0-517-56904-3
Grossnick, Roy A., "Kite Balloons to Airships. . . the Navy's Lighter-than-air Experience,", Washington, Government Printing Office, 1986
Higham, Robin, "The British Rigid Airship, 1908–1931: A Study in Weapons Policy," London, G.T. Foulis & Co Ltd.
Mowthorpe, Ces, "Battle Bags," Phoenix Mill, Far Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, Allan Sutton Publishing, 1995
Shock, James R., "U.S. Navy Airships 1915-1962, Edgewater, Florida, Atlantis Productions, 2001, ISBN 0-9639743-8-6
Vaeth, J. Gordon, "Blimps & U-Boats", Annapolis, Maryland, US Naval Institute Press, 1992, ISBN 1-55750-876-3
Ventry, Lord & Kolesnik, Eugen M., "Airship Saga," Poole, Dorset, Britain, Blandford Press, 1982, ISBN 0713710012

Leadership

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Fleets	Second Fleet Third Fleet Fourth Fleet Fifth Fleet Sixth Fleet Seventh Fleet Tenth Fleet
Ships	A–B C D–F G–H I–K L M N–O P Q–R S T–V W–Z Aircraft carriers Airships Amphibious warfare ships Auxiliaries Battleships Cruisers Destroyers Destroyer escorts Escort carriers Frigates Mine warfare vessels Monitors Patrol vessels Registered civilian vessels Sailing frigates Steam frigates Steam gunboats Ships of the line Sloops of war Submarines Torpedo boats Torpedo retrievers Unclassified miscellaneous vessels Yard and district craft