[Milsurplus] K-Class airship radio

[Tom Chirhart via Milsurplus]

Interesting article, K-74 was stationed at NAS Richmond, south of Miami. Coast Guard Communications Station Miami (NMA) is located on the property as well as the Miami Zoo. I was stationed there from 1987-91 and recall there was an underground tunnel system that ran between various locations on the base that likely still remain. The entrances were covered over with dirt to prohibit access but a small brick building was still there in the woods on the north side of the HF antenna field. NAS Richmond was heavily damaged by a hurricane in 1945 and was closed. Supposedly the CO ordered all equipment, aircraft, vehicles etc to be secured inside the hangars which were destroyed, resulting in the destruction of everything inside.... No way to rapidly evacuate aircraft from a blimp base, it's not like they could launch a blimp and fly away in a hurry....
73
Tom/K4NCG

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> On Feb 21, 2015, at 7:29 AM, Al Klase <ark at ar88.net> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Hue,
> 
> Download the image, and crank up the gamma.  You'll be able to recognize some of the equipment.
> 
> Al
> 
> Al Klase – N3FRQ
> Jersey City, NJ
> http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
> 
>> On 2/21/2015 4:26 AM, Hue Miller wrote:
>> http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/naval-aviation-centennial-blimp-vs-u-boat/
>> 
>> has the story of airship K-74’s July 1943 battle with U-134 in the Caribbean.
>> K-74 was the only airship destroyed by enemy fire in WW2.
>> It’s not a long article at all. Scrolling down, there appears a photo of the radio shack -
>> we might have discussed this here already, I don’t recall.
>> RU + GF and RU + GP equipment. Radar is mentioned in the article, but not shown, nor
>> is type designation given.
>> 
>> I happened across the photo after reading an article on Tillamook Oregon’s air museum.
>> Article in Oregon Coast magazine Feb. 2015. Tillamook had 2 hangars, each 7 acres large and
>> height of 180 ft. and used 2.5 million board feet of lumber – the hangars were built from wood
>> to conserve steel for war. Tillamook was probably a pretty good duty station – if a little boring,
>> and damp too. And it occurred to me, piloting an airship was probably pretty boring too.
>> 
>> -Hue
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