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The six-blimp hangar was built by the United States Navy in 1942 during World War II for Naval Air Station Tillamook. It is 1,072 feet (327 m) long and 296 feet (90 m) wide, covering more than 7 acres (2.8 ha). It stands 192 feet (59 m) tall. Each door weighs 30 short tons (27 t) and are 120 feet (37 m) tall.
Naval Air Station Tillamook in Tillamook, Oregon, constructed in 1943 and decommissioned in 1948, fire destroyed Hangar A on August 22, 1992. Hangar B is the Tillamook Air Museum Naval Air Station Hitchcock , Hitchcock, Texas , one hangar commissioned on May 22, 1943, damages in Hurricane Carla in 1961 and demolished in 1962.
Naval Air Station Tillamook, located just south of Tillamook, Oregon, was a U.S. Naval Air Station during World War II. Commissioned in 1942 and decommissioned in 1948, it was used primarily to house blimps. The station was the base of operations for Squadron ZP-33, with a complement of 8 K-ships. Each hangar was designed to house up to six blimps.
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The fire reportedly broke out around 1am at the Marine Corps Air Station in Tustin, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The blimp hangar was still burning by 4.30am on Tuesday morning.
In October, 2013, part of the roof collapsed, damaging the airship prototype. [8] There was interest in making one of the hangars a military museum. [9] The blimp hangars have been used for location shooting for numerous movies and TV programs, including JAG and The X-Files. [2] [10] Tustin Hangar No. 1 fire, 11:48 am 7 November 2023
The Tillamook burn photographed in 1941. The first fire started in a ravine at the headwaters of Gales Creek on August 14, 1933. The exact cause of the first fire is unknown; however, the common narrative states that as logging crews were wrapping up operations early due to fire hazard restrictions, a steel cable dragging a fallen Douglas fir rubbed against the dry bark of a wind-fallen snag.