U. S. Navy ZMC-2, world's first metalclad airship, constructed at Grosse Ile airport, Detroit, for the U. S. Navy, by th

The Smithsonian catalogs U. S. Navy ZMC-2, world's first metalclad airship, constructed at Grosse Ile airport, Detroit, for the U. S. Navy, by th as books in its Airships records.

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Lettered on cover: The metalclad airship ZMC-2.

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Airships and dates it 1929.

Lettered on cover: The metalclad airship ZMC-2.

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Smithsonian InstitutionU. S. Navy ZMC-2, world's first metalclad airship, constructed at Grosse Ile airport, Detroit, for the U. S. Navy, by th

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