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- 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.
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The archeological remains of the USS Macon lie off California's Big Sur coast in NOAA's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The site also contains the remains of four of the airship's squadron of small Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk scout aircraft which the Macon carried in an internal hangar bay.
- 21 April 1933
- 31 October 1929 (Commenced), 8 August 1931 (Launched)
- 23 June 1933 (Commissioned)
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 ...
Aug 19, 2015 · The sinking of USS Macon (ZRS-5), a lighter-than-air rigid airship, resulted in few deaths but its loss ended the Navy’s quest to use airships as long-range scouts for the fleet.
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She was kept aloft by 6.5 million cubic feet of helium. Her eight Maybach engines, which drove three-bladed metal propellers, gave her a cruising speed of 55 knots and a range of about 6,000 miles. Her maximum speed was 75. An airship, she was the USS Macon (ZRS-5).
Aug 19, 2015 · Megan Eckstein. August 19, 2015 1:34 PM - Updated: August 20, 2015 7:31 AM. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Navy experimented with lighter-than-air craft in its fleet. In addition to work with blimps, it built and commissioned two dirigibles – with USS designation – to serve as flying aircraft carriers.
The exact location of the submerged remains of the USS Macon remained a mystery for nearly fifty years until a commercial fisherman snagged a piece of girder from the Macon in his net. The girder was displayed in a Moss Landing seafood restaurant on a plaque presented to the restaurant owners by the fisherman who had recovered the piece.
The final resting place of the Macon stayed hidden for more than 55 years, until researchers discovered its remains nearly 1,500 feet below the surface of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in 1990. National marine sanctuary scientists and partners used an underwater robot to document the wreck in 2005 and 2006, shedding new light on the ...
