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C-5 | |
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US Navy Blimp C-5, seen with ground crew in 1919 | |
Role | patrol airship |
Manufacturer | Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp., B.F. Goodrich Co. |
First flight | 1918 |
Status | Lost |
Primary user | United States Navy |
C-5 was a C class blimp operated by the U.S. Navy in 1918 and 1919. It was one of ten C class hydrogen inflated non-rigid airships constructed by Goodyear and Goodrich primarily for naval patrol duty and training during World War I.