No, Kurt, these were not blimps, they where Zeppelins, airships with a rigid framework and filled with helium filled ballonets, built by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Company. They met accidents because of the lack of experience of the USN crews. German Zeppelins were filled with hydrogen and of the ships built after WWI only Hindenburg met with an accident, burning on Lakehurst.
A UK "skyhook" named system on ships for launching and retrieveing sea harriers?
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