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...
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USS Akron (ZRS 4) and USS Macon (ZRS 5)" (PDF). New Jersey Postal History. 47 (214): 98. Retrieved 14 June 2023. "U.S. Navy Airships U.S.S. Akron (ZRS-4)...
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Navy, USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5). Goodyear built a number of blimps for the Navy during WWII and later for advertising purposes. Akron again...
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Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Akron may also refer to: USS Akron, a rigid airship of the United States Navy Akron (1911 airship), a semirigid...
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R38, the US airship Roma, the French Dixmude, the USS Shenandoah, the British R101, and the USS Akron. The Zeppelin Company had proposed LZ 128 in 1929...
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personnel USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) - German-built as LZ 126, served 1924-39 (decommissioned 1932, and dismantled 1940) Akron class USS Akron (ZRS-4) - aircraft...
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Graf Zeppelin II, and the U.S. Navy airships USS Los Angeles (ZR-3, ex-LZ 126), USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5). Duralumin was used to manufacture...
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basis of Germany's E-boats of World War II. LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin USS Akron (ZRS-4) USS Macon (ZRS-5) Oheka II Data from National Air and Space Museum Type:...
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1932 as an economy measure, but was recommissioned after the crash of USS Akron in April 1933. She flew for a few more years and then retired to her Lakehurst...
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her hull to carry aircraft, similar to the US Navy's use of the USS Akron and the USS Macon airships. However, the trials were unsuccessful as the biplane...
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