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Aug 19, 2015 · On Tuesday morning, scientists, archaeologists and other experts gathered aboard the 211-foot Exploration Vessel Nautilus at the wreckage site; at the ship’s command hub, the Inner Space Center at University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography; and at NOAA headquarters in Maryland.
On February 12, 1935, the Macon was three miles from shore when it sank to the bottom of the Pacific. The wreckage of the experimental airship sits 1,400 feet beneath the surface, but it does...
- Heather Goss
The wreckage is listed as the USS Macon Airship Remains on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places . Less than 20 ft (6.1 m) shorter than the Hindenburg, both Macon and her sister ship Akron were among the largest flying objects in the world in terms of length and volume.
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Aug 18, 2015 · Dive to the USS Macon Wreck. Explorers on a six-month ocean mapping voyage are diving to the sunken airship today. Heather Goss. August 18, 2015. Editor’s Update: You can now watch...
- Heather Goss
Aug 19, 2015 · Naval History and Heritage Command, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and several other non-profits conducted an exploration of the wreckage on Tuesday.
USS Macon Mapping and Survey Expedition 2015. 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.
Home / Multimedia Gallery / The Underwater Crash Site of USS Macon. Join us as we go with the team of the E/V Nautilus as they explore the underwater crash site of the USS Macon, a rigid airship that crashed off the California coast on February 12, 1935.
