LAKEHURST, N.J. (AP) – History buffs will gather this week near the New Jersey coast to commemorate a major airship disaster. No, not that one. Newsreel footage and radio announcer Herbert Morrison’s ...

Perhaps the only weapon more formidable than an aircraft carrier for a modern military is a flying aircraft carrier. Almost one century ago, the U.S. Navy explored the concept of airships through the ...

Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: In the 1930s, the U.S. Navy experimented with “flying aircraft carriers” in the form of rigid airships USS Akron and USS Macon. These... In the Avengers films, ...

In the years between the world wars, the US Navy experimented with massive rigid airships as flying scout cruisers. These ...

Akron was once the “Airship Capital of the World,” home to the legendary USS Akron and Macon naval airships built in the iconic Akron Airdock. Today, that storied heritage is taking flight again as ...