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Coordinates: 39°27′7.8″N 73°42′27.00″W. USS Akron (ZRS-4) was a helium -filled rigid airship of the U.S. Navy, the lead ship of her class, which operated between September 1931 and April 1933.
1 aircraft launch trapeze. The Akron-class airships were a class of two rigid airships constructed for the US Navy in the early 1930s. Designed as scouting and reconnaissance platforms, the intention for their use was to act as "eyes for the fleet", extending the range at which the US Navy's Scouting Force could operate to beyond the horizon.
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Sep 23, 2016 · By the 1910s, Akron, Ohio, had become the center of zeppelin construction in the United States. Zeppelins, a type of airship also called dirigibles or blimps, rely on hydrogen or helium to become airborne, and feature an engine for steering, unlike a hot air balloon.
History. See also. References. External links. Goodyear Airdock. Coordinates: 41°1′55″N 81°28′15″W. The Goodyear Airdock is a construction and storage airship hangar in Akron, Ohio. At its completion in 1929, it was the largest building in the world without interior supports. Description.
Mar 24, 2024 · In the 1930s, the US Navy (briefly) operated two Akron-class airships. These were massive airships designed to be the long-range eyes of the Navy. They could carry up to five F9C-2 Sparrowhawk fighters - a type of parasitic bi-plane. While many of the most ambitious aircraft designs were never made, these two massive flying carriers were.
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On July 2, 1912, aeronaut Melvin Vaniman steered the hydrogen-filled Akron, the very first airship manufactured by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, up and away from his Atlantic City, New...
USS Akron (ZRS-4), the first ship of her class, was built at Akron, Ohio. Along with his sister ship, USS Macon (ZRS-5), both dirigibles had 6,500,000 cubic feet. Commissioned in October 1931, she performed tests and search exercises in the eastern United States and western Atlantic, including tests with the Scouting Force. In February 1932, she was damaged during a ground-handling accident ...
