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Aug 19, 2015 · August 19, 2015 1:43 PM. A screen grab of video from the Aug. 18, 2015 dive on the USS Macon. Ocean Exploration Trust Photo. SILVER SPRING, Md. – Eighty years ago, the Navy’s last flying aircraft carrier crashed off the coast of California and sank to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
Exploring the wreckage of the USS Macon, which went down off the California coast 80 years ago. Lickliter-Mundon wants to use the 3D photomosaic to learn more about how the Macon sank. A...
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Sep 28, 2006 · On Feb. 12, 1935, during severe weather off Point Sur, Calif., a U.S. Navy flying machine called the USS Macon fell from the sky, plunged into the Pacific Ocean, and sank. It was the...
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Uncovering the USS Macon: The Underwater Airship" Der Spiegel; Construction of the USS Macon Airship (photo gallery) KQED has put together a video with info about USS Macon, historical and wreck-site footage, as well as info about the new zeppelin that is flying over the San Francisco Bay Area.
Eighty years ago, the U.S. Navy's last great airship crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. The USS Macon's location was lost until researchers discovered its remains 1,500 feet below the surface of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in 1990. The first archaeological survey of the wreck site took place in 2006, and this year, on ...
This artifact was conserved at East Carolina University. Photomontage of Sparrowhawk biplanes from USS Macon wreckage, created by the staff of National Geographic Magazine using footage from ROV Ventana. (Image originally used in January 1992 issue of National Geographic). Credit: (c) 1991 National Geographic Society.
