US Navy blimp during target practice off Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1943
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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"File No: GE-DB-31-54400. Released: December 28, 1943. Blimp drops depth charge--- A towering geyser of water crescendos upward as a huge dirigible drops a depth charge during target practice off Lakehurst, N.J. [New Jersey]. The lighter-than-air craft have been invaluable weapons in the anti-submarine war in the Atlantic and in patrolling for survivors of sunken ships. - Official U.S. Navy Photograph." 1943
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$120.00
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Official U.S. Navy Photographs collected by navy veteran John R. Noble, who served in the Pacific on the USS Castor and the USS Fletcher during World War II.
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Lakehurst
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40.000
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-74.300
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Airships--American--New Jersey