Adventures of a Navy Blimp

                                                   12 MAY 1944                                  ADVENTURES OF A NAVY BLIMP The years between the World Wars saw the development of lighter-than-air zeppelins and blimps, initially useful in the civilian common carrier industry by virtue of their sustained cruising capabilities.  These same cruising and Read More

Palawan Rescue

                                                30 AUGUST 1944                                              PALAWAN RESCUE On the night of 13 August 1944, USS FLIER’s (SS-250) surface transit of the Balabac Strait off Borneo was suddenly blasted by a deafening explosion.  Like her sister, ROBALO (SS-273), two weeks earlier, FLIER had struck Read More