Louisiana has a lot of pretty wild stories, but did you know that the U.S. Navy once accidentally dropped a bomb on a town in ...

blimp airships once played a vital role in World War II by hunting German U-boats over the Atlantic. In 1942, faced with escalating submarine threats and limited options, the US Navy deployed six ...

The Macon, however, is just one line in the Moffett story. During World War II, the field was home to the Navy K-ships—blimps that patrolled the West Coast of the U.S. as part of antisubmarine ...

Like many conflicts, World War II brought with it an urgent need ... of which made them ideal for patrol operations. The Navy assembled 12 blimps requisitioned from private companies.

Balloonatics. The nonrigid blimps seemed doomed to the same fate. At the outset of World War II, the Navy had only six bloopy bags in service, and the few enthusiasts who manned them were called ...

The Navy has pumped over $123 million into the clean-up of a World War II anti-submarine blimp hangar in Southern California destroyed by fire a year ago. Workers for the Navy have hauled away ...

The Navy assembled 12 blimps requisitioned from private companies. One, the L-8, was a blimp made by tire company Goodyear for promotional purposes. (The brand had been making them since the 1920s ...