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May 11, 2024 · The USS Akron (ZRS-4) USS Akron (ZRS-4) and her sister ship USS Macon (ZRS-5) were the first-of-its-class airships built by the U.S. Navy, in Akron, Ohio. Built in 1931, both were 785-foot-long dirigibles (the length of two-and-a-half football fields) and the largest airships ever made.
May 11, 2024 · USS Akron (ZRS-4) and her sister ship USS Macon (ZRS-5) were the first-of-its-class airships built by the U.S. Navy, in Akron, Ohio. Built in 1931, both were 785-foot-long dirigibles (the length of two-and-a-half football fields) and the largest airships ever made.
May 5, 2024 · Clarence Terhune stowed away on the Graf Zeppelin, becoming the first known aerial stowaway in history. Terhune joined the airship crew to clean and complete odd tasks during the journey. Upon landing in Germany, Terhune became a sensation, receiving job offers and marriage proposals. In 1928, the massive airship Graf Zeppelin made history by ...
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David R. Ray, nicknamed "Sting Ray", crossed the equator for the first time on 16 May 1978. On 19 February 1979, she became the first ship to intercept a supersonic drone with the NATO RIM-7 Seasparrow Missile System. The ship first deployed on 8 September 1979 and made port calls in Pearl Harbor, Guam, Yokosuka, Inchon, Subic Bay, and Hong ...
5 days ago · USS Macon over Lower Manhattan, 1933. The U.S. Navy experimented with the use of airships as airborne aircraft carriers, developing an idea pioneered by the British. The USS Los Angeles was used for initial experiments, and the USS Akron and Macon, the world's largest
5 hours ago · USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. [9] [ Note 1] She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
Today, May 21st, it is the launch day for probably the only PR ship that launched and existed IRL, IJN Ibuki, THE siscon of AL, USS Portland (CA-33), the blood-seeking granny destroyer, HMS/HMAS Vampire (D68), the sleepy baby sibling of the three Savo Island cruisers, USS Vincennes (CA-44), and the French heavy cruiser carrying WH 40k’s Worldbreaker Expy, MNF Algérie.
