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Air Cushion Ships Could Launch 100 Knot Navy
New Orleans report on Surface Effect Ships aims to boost U S Navy speed through air cushions. Adm Zumwalt backs SES as a breakthrough with trials funded at 72.9 million for 1974. Bell Aerospace and Aerojet General build 100 ton SES craft tested on Lake Pontchartrain. Bell's 100B reaches near 85 mph.
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U.S. Navy
United States Navy
Jane
Adm
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Naval Operations
Navy
House
Senate
Aerojet-General
Bell Aerospace Division
Textron
New Orleans
Gordon H. MacLane
USCG
Bell
Lake Pontchartrain
MacLane
Gloucester
John J. Kelly
Bell’s
Kelly