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In 1944, NAS South Weymouth was the starting point for the first transatlantic crossings of non-rigid airships. United States Navy K-ships (blimps) K-123 and K-130 from Blimp Squadron 14 (also known as ZP-14, Blimpron 14, or "The Africa Squadron") left South Weymouth on 28 May 1944 and landed at Argentia, Newfoundland about 16 hours later.
A ZPG-3W of Airship Airborne Early Warning Squadron ONE (ZW-1) in 1960. The follow-on and larger AEW blimp was the ZPG-3W, the largest non-rigid airship built to ever enter military service. It was used to fill radar gaps in the North American early-warning network during the Cold War between the Contiguous Barrier and the Inshore Barrier.
A squadron's history and lineage began when it was established and ended when it was disestablished. When a squadron was disestablished or re-designated, its former designation became available for reuse by a new or re-designating squadron, just as the name of a decommissioned ship (e.g., USS Enterprise) might be given
On 1 June 1944, two K-class blimps of United States Navy (USN) Airship Patrol Squadron 14 (ZP-14) [4] completed the first transatlantic crossing by non-rigid airships. [5] K-123 and K-130 left South Weymouth, MA on 28 May 1944 and flew approximately 16 hours to Naval Station Argentia , Newfoundland.
K-class blimps of USN Blimp Squadron ZP-14 conducted anti-submarine warfare operations at the Strait of Gibraltar in 1944–45. Headquarters. Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey Squadrons in 1942 when the navy began establishing squadrons they were called "Airship Squadron" (designated ZP) for example: Airship Squadron Twelve (ZP-12).
Naval Air Station South Weymouth, South Weymouth, Massachusetts, built in 1942. Two hangars, one wood one steel. Hangar 1, lost in 1966. Hangar 2 was demolished in 1953. (Scott Field in St. Clair County, Illinois, had a US Army Lighter-than-Air Base fromn 1921–1937 for training, including J-class blimps.
September 14 – Chesapeake Air Show (Middle River, Maryland) – A Lockheed F-117, 81–793, of the 7th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Wing, at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, lost its port wing at 1500 hrs. during a pass over Martin State Airport, and crashed into a residential area of Bowley's Quarters, Maryland damaging several homes.
U.S. Navy blimp K-111 crashes on Santa Catalina Island, California, killing seven of her ten crewmen. 7 5 November 1944 U.S. Navy blimp K-34 crashes off the coast of the State of Georgia, killing two of eleven crewmen. 2 3 May 1945 A Navy blimp's fuel tanks explode over Santa Ana, California killing eight of the crew of nine. 8 29 January 1947