UO-1 hooked on to the U.S.S. Los Angeles

Navy Skyhooks

By Lieutenant H. B. Miller, U. S. Navy
February 1935
On 20 August 1929, Lieutenant A. W. Gorton made the first successful hook-up landing of a airplane aboard the airship USS Los Angeles (ZR-3).
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2019 Coast Guard Academy Conference

Thursday, 12 September 2019
A Conversation with General John Kelly, featuring Gen. John F. Kelly, USMC (Ret.), in a conversation moderated by ADM Thad W. Allen, USCG (Ret.).
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) steams ahead of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Howard (DDG 83) and USS Shoup (DDG 86) during a demonstration

The Case for CVN(X)

By Lieutenant Douglas Cantwell, U.S. Navy
August 2019
The USS Nimitz (CVN-68) should be repurposed as an experimental carrier.

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