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ZPG-3W Reliance

airshipwreck ZPG-3W
Type:
shipwreck, blimp, U.S. Navy
Built:
1958, Akron OH USA
Specs:
( 403 x 85 ft ) 40 tons, 21 crew
Sunk:
Wednesday July 6, 1960
unknown cause - 18 casualties
Depth:
60 ft

ZPG-3W was not a name or an identification number, but a class of aircraft. Four of these, the last and largest of the Navy's airborne radar picket blimps, were built in the late 1950s. The rotating radar aerial was contained inside the gas envelope. They were among the largest non-rigid airships ever constructed. The entire program was discontinued in 1961. Today this mission is performed by fixed-wing aircraft.

The gondola and other hard parts were probably salvaged for an investigation into the cause of the crash. I doubt there is anything left in the water.

airshipwreck ZPG-3W gondola
The boat-like gondola car of a ZPG-3W airship

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January 29, 2023

OMS Taken Over by DUI

January 29, 2023

This website has a link checker, and it just informed me that the OMS link was bad. Sure enough, the website is gone. But it looks like DUI has taken over OMS - the full line of OMS stuff is in the 'OMS' section of DUI's site. So it's probably a good thing, especially in this economic environment. DUI will be around for a long time - they make most if not all of the military's drysuits. Now they have a full line of tech gear; as I recall, I was never too impressed with their own BC designs. Just checked on Dive Rite - they're still there.

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