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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.
- Exploring The Wreck of USS Macon, The Navy's Last Flying Aircraft Carrier
The sinking of USS Macon (ZRS-5), a lighter-than-air rigid...
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- Exploring The Wreck of USS Macon, The Navy's Last Flying Aircraft Carrier
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)
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Sep 28, 2006 · The images. From a Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s (MBARI) research ship, scientists deployed a remotely operated vehicle to capture high-definition video and still images of wreckage.
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 ...
This sophisticated photomontage shows the remains of USS Macon (ZRS-5) and her four fighters on the seabed. "The wreckage of the Macon and four aircraft lie at a depth of more than 1,500 feet and were first documented in 1990 by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).
A sudden wind shear hit the USS Macon. The rigid airship was returning from an exercise off the coast of California, carrying a fleet of F9C-2 Sparrowhawk fighters on trapezes inside its belly.
