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Launched by the U.S. Navy in 1933, the airship USS Macon was one of the largest flying machines in history, but after just two years of service, disaster struck. The Macon would be the nation's last great airship.
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Oct 11, 2023 · The USS Macon, a massive rigid airship commissioned by the US Navy, was renowned for its innovative design, allowing it to serve as a “flying aircraft carrier” by housing and deploying Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk biplane fighters.
Oct 18, 2018 · It’s hard to appreciate from pictures alone just how large USS Macon was. The giant airship weighed 120 tons, was 146 feet tall and had a diameter of 133 feet. Perhaps the most telling statistic about Macon, though, was its length: 785 feet, longer than three 747s parked nose to tail and just a few feet short of the ocean liner Titanic.
