List of airships of the United States Navy
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List of airships of the United States Navy identifies the airships of the United States Navy by type, identification, and class.
Fabric-clad rigid airships

The fabric-clad rigid airships were given commissions, the same as warships.[1]
- USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) - served 1923-25, lost 3 September 1925 due to structural failure while in line squalls, 14 killed
- (ZR-2) - British-built as R38, lost 24 August 1921 before US Navy acceptance (and before official use of the ZR-2 designation) due to severe control inputs at low altitude and high speed far in excess of structural strength, 44 killed including 16 USN personnel[2][3]
- USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) - German-built as LZ 126, served 1924-39 (decommissioned 1932, and dismantled 1940)
- USS Akron (ZRS-4) - aircraft carrier served 1931-33, lost 4 April 1933 in a storm, 73 killed
- USS Macon (ZRS-5) - aircraft carrier served 1933-35, lost 12 February 1935 due to structural failure, 2 killed
(ZRCV), proposed successor to the Akron class, not built
Other airships
All other airships were registered as aircraft.
Metal rigid airships
- ZMC-2, a metalclad-airship built by the Aircraft Development Corp - 1929-41 (scrapped)
Semi-rigid airships
Blimps (non-rigid airships)
- A class blimp (experimental)
- B class blimp (patrol & training)
- C class blimp (patrol)
- D class blimp (patrol)
- E class blimp (trainer)
- F class blimp (trainer)
- G class blimp (trainer & utility airship) (ZNN-G[4]) (ZGT)
- H class blimp (observation)
- J class blimp (trainer)
- K-1 blimp (experimental)
- K class blimp (anti-submarine patrol) (ZNP-K)
- (ZSG-2, ZSG-3, ZSG-4, ZP5K)
- L class blimp (trainer) (ZNN-L)
- M class blimp (anti-submarine patrol) (ZNP-M)
- N class blimp (anti-submarine patrol & AEW) (ZPN-1, ZPG-1)
- (ZPG-2, ZPG-2W)
- (ZPG-3W), largest blimp ever built
- TC class blimp - transferred from US Army
- MZ-3A (experimental) first Navy airship in 40 years
