K-class blimp

The K-class blimp was a class of <a href="/facts/Blimp/n1jhI9cG">blimps</a> (non-rigid airship) built by the <a href="/facts/Goodyear_Aircraft_Company/ySpg9l6R">Goodyear Aircraft Company</a> of <a href="/facts/Akron,_Ohio/GH3anrAS">Akron, Ohio</a>, for the <a href="/facts/United_States_Navy/xYK0fUou">United States Navy</a>. These blimps were powered by two <a href="/facts/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-1340/GudFsH0b">Pratt & Whitney Wasp</a> nine-cylinder <a href="/facts/Radial_engine/tS0ljlb7">radial</a> air-cooled engines, each mounted on twin-strut <a href="/facts/Outriggers/3RX2Bdzb">outriggers</a>, one per side of the control car that hung under the <a href="/facts/Airship/8X3TSBdx">envelope</a>. Before and during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>, 134 K-class blimps were built and configured for patrol and <a href="/facts/Anti-submarine_warfare/dW89ebRA">anti-submarine warfare</a> operations, and were extensively used in the Navy’s anti-submarine efforts in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean areas.

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K-class blimp