G-class blimp

<h2 id="operational-history">Operational history</h2>
<p>After purchase on September 23, 1935, <i>G-1</i> was in constant use until it was lost in a mid-air collision on 8 June 1942 with another blimp, the <a href="/facts/L-Class_Blimps/FXP4hoE7"><i>L-2</i></a>. The two blimps were conducting experimental visual and photographic observations during night flight. Although twelve people were killed in the crash, <i>G-1</i> had demonstrated her capabilities as a trainer and utility blimp. As the Navy needed additional training airships during the World War II war time build up, a contract was awarded on 24 December 1942 for seven more <i>G</i>-class airships. These were assigned the designation Goodyear ZNN-G. (Z = lighter-than-air; N = non-rigid; N = trainer; G = type/class). The envelope size of these new G-class blimps was increased over that of <i>G-1</i> by 13,700 cu ft (390 m3).
</p><p>Airships <i>G-2</i> through <i>G-5</i> were delivered by late 1943 and <i>G-6</i> through <i>G-8</i> followed in early 1944. They were used for training mainly from the two major lighter-than-air bases, <a href="/facts/NAS_Lakehurst/uhdhfUnS">NAS Lakehurst</a> and NAS <a href="/facts/Moffett_Field/EoYDYqgm">Moffett Field</a> on the southern edge of the <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a> Bay.
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<h2 id="operators">Operators</h2>
 <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/United_States_Navy/xYK0fUou">United States Navy</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="specifications-g-1">Specifications (<i>G-1</i>)</h2>
<p>General characteristics
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<ul><li>Crew: 2-3</li>
<li>Capacity: 7-8</li>
<li>Length: 186 ft 8 in (56.94 m)</li>
<li>Diameter: 42 ft 10 in (13.06 m)</li>
<li>Height: 62 ft 0 in (18.90 m)</li>
<li>Volume: 183,000 cu ft (5,182 m3)</li>
<li>Useful lift: 4,115 lb (1,867 kg)</li>
<li>Powerplant: 2 × <a href="/facts/Continental_R-670/hAlyWlzL">Continental R-670</a>-2 radials , 210 hp (157 kW)  each</li></ul>
<p>Performance
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<ul><li>Maximum speed: 57 mph (92 km/h, 50 kn)</li>
<li>Cruise speed: 48 mph (77 km/h, 42 kn)</li>
<li>Endurance: 16 hours 42 minutes</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Navy_Air_Stations_Blimps_bases/8LLUkpFN">Navy Air Stations Blimps bases</a></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/US_Navy_airships_during_World_War_II/QbFGjHc3">US Navy airships during World War II</a></li></ul>
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Related lists
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_airships_of_the_United_States_Navy/Rf77KyWx">List of airships of the United States Navy</a></li></ul>

<ul><li>Shock, James R. (2001). <i>U.S. Navy Airships 1915-1962</i>. Edgewater, Florida: Atlantis Productions. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-9639743-8-6.</li>
<li>Althoff, William F. (1990). <i>Sky Ships</i>. New York: Orion Books. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-517-56904-3.</li>
<li>Allen, Hugh (1943). <i>The Story of the Airship (non-rigid)</i>. Akron, Ohio.{{cite book}}:  CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>US Navy G-class blimp <a href="https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/navys-lighter-than-air-experience-monograph/pre-ww-ii-blilmps-and-the-evolution-of-the-k-class-and-ww-ii-airships-and-their-operations-pages-34-46.html" target="_blank">https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/navys-lighter-than-air-experience-monograph/pre-ww-ii-blilmps-and-the-evolution-of-the-k-class-and-ww-ii-airships-and-their-operations-pages-34-46.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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G-class blimp open-in-new

G-class blimp