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Blimps and U-Boats: U.S. Navy Airships in the Battle of the Atlantic
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Blimps and U-Boats: U.S. Navy Airships in the Battle of the Atlantic Hardcover - 1992

by J. Gordon Vaeth


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Recounts the U.S. Navy's use of airships in the campaign against German U-boats during World War II.

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  • Title Blimps and U-Boats: U.S. Navy Airships in the Battle of the Atlantic
  • Author J. Gordon Vaeth
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 205
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher US Naval Institute Press, Annapolis
  • Date 1992
  • ISBN 9781557508768 / 1557508763
  • Weight 1.21 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.28 x 0.85 in (23.42 x 15.95 x 2.16 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91-37161
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.544
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