A U.S. Navy dirigible Type B blimp. Sixteen were built. An all-Navy design, built by Goodyear, they were 160 feet long and 31.5 feet in diameter. Powered by a 100 hp watercooled engine, these ships had a maximum speed of 45 mph and an endurance of ten
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