COLLECTION NAME:
McClain (Herbert A.) Photographs
Record
Title:
Huge wooden blimp hangar built during WWII entirely of wood (to conserve strategic metal) and housed U.S. Navy "Lighter-than-air" blimps. The blimp was used for patrol along the west coast of California to watch for enemy submarines. At one time there were 4 blimps serviced and crews were billeted there at the Lighter-than-air Station in Santa Ana, near Tustin.
Date:
1954
Decade:
1950-1959
Creator:
McClain, Hubert A.
Type:
Photograph
Format:
B/W Negative
Subject:
Airship Hangers
Subject:
United States Navy
Geographic Location:
Orange County - Tustin
Rights:
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Sherman Library. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact Sherman Library at library@slgardens.org.
Filename:
McClain_001-040.tif
Identifier:
40
