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...fundamental is the Navymen's admiration for a ship which was the training school of practically all the lighter-than-air personnel; which flew some 140,000 mi. in 250 flights with never a serious accident;* which submitted stanchly to all manner of experiments; which was the first airship ever to outlive her usefulness...
There were no more ceremonies, no speeches, no cheers. Mechanics turned to promptly, removing the five engines from their egglike gondolas (but leaving the propellers), valving out 60% of the helium into storage tanks. To the chance observer the ship looked about as usual. As everyone knows, a rigid airship's skin is taut whether the gas cells are full or empty...
...Being treated in 1925 for what Commander Rosendahl called "airship measles, intestinal disorders and even broken bones"; having to stay in dock for months after she was repaired because the Shenandoah had crashed, losing their joint supply of helium...
...Taking aloft the first women guests ever to ride in a Navy airship, Queen Rambai Barni of Siam and two companions...
...Taking off overweight for nearly every flight because she was invariably loaded down with extra equipment for all manner of experiments, notably: first launching of a glider from an airship; first hook-on of an airplane in flight; first radio reception of map facsimiles in flight; first test of an echo altimeter; first "narrowcasting" of voice on a light beam; tests of scores of navigation devices...