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{| |} The Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio built the M-class blimp for the US Navy as the follow-on to the K-class anti-submarine warfare blimp used during World War II. It was a significantly larger airship. Four airships, designated M-1 through M-4, were delivered in early 1944. Operations of K-ships in tropical regions had shown a need for a blimp with greater volume to offset the loss of lift due to high ambient temperatures.

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rdfs:label	M-class blimp
rdfs:comment	{\| \|} The Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio built the M-class blimp for the US Navy as the follow-on to the K-class anti-submarine warfare blimp used during World War II. It was a significantly larger airship. Four airships, designated M-1 through M-4, were delivered in early 1944. Operations of K-ships in tropical regions had shown a need for a blimp with greater volume to offset the loss of lift due to high ambient temperatures.
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dia in	6(xsd:integer)
met or eng?	eng
eng1 type	Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-2 radials
endurance h	50(xsd:integer)
length in	0(xsd:integer)
endurance min	30(xsd:integer)
primary user	US Navy
Type	ASW airship
volume m	18320(xsd:integer)
eng1 kW	410(xsd:integer)
height m	28(xsd:double)
Height in	6(xsd:integer)
Manufacturer	Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
max speed kmh	128(xsd:integer)
cruise speed kmh	93(xsd:integer)
length m	92(xsd:double)
max speed mph	80(xsd:integer)
dia m	21(xsd:double)
length ft	302(xsd:integer)
Height ft	92(xsd:integer)
First Flight	1944(xsd:integer)
lift kg	4356(xsd:integer)
cruise speed mph	58(xsd:integer)
lift lb	10000(xsd:integer)
dia ft	69(xsd:integer)
Retired	1956(xsd:integer)
Crew	10(xsd:integer)
Armament	1(xsd:integer) 8(xsd:integer)
Number Built	4(xsd:integer)
eng1 hp	550(xsd:integer)
volume ft	647000(xsd:integer)
eng1 number	2(xsd:integer)
abstract	{\| \|} The Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio built the M-class blimp for the US Navy as the follow-on to the K-class anti-submarine warfare blimp used during World War II. It was a significantly larger airship. Four airships, designated M-1 through M-4, were delivered in early 1944. Operations of K-ships in tropical regions had shown a need for a blimp with greater volume to offset the loss of lift due to high ambient temperatures. A contract was awarded to the Goodyear Aircraft Company for the prototype M-class blimp on August 16, 1943. This contract was followed by another contract on September 11, 1943 for 21 M-class blimps. These airships were given the Navy designation of ZNP-M, (Z = lighter-than-air; N = non-rigid; P = patrol; M = type/class.) However, on November 22, 1943, the quantity of blimps was reduced to four. These were delivered to the Navy in February, March, and April 1944. The M-Class airships were retired from service by 1956. The gondola of the M-4 was retained in the conservation area at Lakehurst until the mid-1970s, The M-class blimps were three hundred and ten feet (94.49 m) long with a 117 foot (35.66 m) long control car. In order to maintain the proper loading on the catenary, the control car was built in three sections with universal joints between the sections. The catenary is the webbing internal to the envelope from which the control car is hung from the top of the envelope. Control of the weight distribution from the catenary is necessary to control wrinkling of the envelope. The capacity of the envelope of the M-1 was 625,000 cu ft (17,698 m³) with an increase in capacity to 647,000 cu ft (18,321 m³) for M-2 through M-4. These airships were powered by two Pratt & Whitney radial air-cooled engines.

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