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Shenandoah Night Flight Disaster Rescue Tale
A dramatic wartime chronicle recounts the Shenandoah dirigible storming loose from Lakehurst mooring during a fierce January 1924 gale. Crew members vented ballast and shed fuel tanks to steady the ship, while Lieutenant Mayes led a perilous interior inspection by flashlight along the catwalk to assess damage and preserve the vessel's buoyancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Shenandoah
Wallis
Maurice G. Pierce
J. M. Deem
E. H. Kincaid
R. G. Mayes
J. L. Robertson
Anton Heinen
Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy
Army
Pierce
Heinen
Deem
Kincaid
Burgess
Robertson
Mayes
Gelus
Staten Island
Lakehurst
South Amboy
Freehold
Naval Station
Welcore
Pines
McCrary
Weyerbacher