Names: Patoka (Fleet oiler) / Subject: Ships--American--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Goodyear-Zeppelin airship attempts to moor to the USS Patoka at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 1932

Description:: Side view of the Navy's USS Patoka in the San Pedro Harbor as the Goodyear-Zeppelin airship (Blimp) attempts to moor.
Date:: February 23, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Goodyear-Zeppelin airship attempts to moor to the USS Patoka at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 1932

Goodyear-Zeppelin airship approaching the USS Patoka in the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 1932

Description:: The Goodyear-Zeppelin airship (blimp) attempts to moor onto the Navy's fleet oiler the USS Patoka in the San Pedro Harbor. The airship, (blimp) had recently arrived in Southern California, where the mild climate was considered ideal for the weather-sensitive airship.
Date:: February 23, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Goodyear-Zeppelin airship approaching the USS Patoka in the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 1932

Navy's fleet oiler USS Patoka waiting for the Goodyear-Zeppelin airship to moor, San Pedro, 1932

Description:: The Navy's fleet oiler USS Patoka in the San Pedro Harbor awaits the Goodyear-Zeppelin airship (not pictured), which is practicing mooring into the ship.
Date:: February 23, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Navy's fleet oiler USS Patoka waiting for the Goodyear-Zeppelin airship to moor, San Pedro, 1932

USS Patoka, a Navy fleet oiler, at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 1920-1939

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, “Blimp Volunteer Finds Mooring to Floating Mast at Harbor Easy,” 24 Feb. 1932: A3; or “Ship Could Moor Zeppelin: Patoka, Equipped to Anchor Air Liner in Emergency, Has Received No Orders to be Prepared,” 15 Oct. 1928: 2.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

USS Patoka, a Navy fleet oiler, at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 1920-1939