#OTD in 1962, the last flight of a Navy airship was made at Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J. The Navy launched its lighter-than-air program in June 1915, and by WWII there were five different airship classes/types in the Navy’s inventory. This 🎥 shows LA ECU ZPG-2 blimp suspended in the hangar, ready and beginning the process for deflating and mothballing and subsequent dismantling and partial deflating. | Naval History & Heritage Command

On this Day in Naval History, USS Utah (BB 31) is commissioned, the last flight of a Navy airship was made at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, NJ, and the first interception during Operation Desert Shield. | Naval History & Heritage Command