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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.It was the world's first purpose-built flying aircraft carrier, carrying F9C Sparrowhawk fighter planes, which could be launched and recovered while it was in flight.
USS Akron crashes at sea off the coast of New Jersey in severe storm. With 73 dead - many drowned - and 3 survivors, this remains the deadliest airship accident. [20] 73 3 4 April 1933 United States Navy airship J-3 A-7382 crashes at sea off New Jersey coast with two crew killed while looking for USS Akron survivors. [20] 2 16 August 1934
The Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters was created by House Concurrent Resolution 15, 73rd Congress, to investigate the cause of the Akron disaster and the wrecks of other Army and Navy dirigibles and to determine responsibility. The committee was also directed to inquire generally into the question of the utility of dirigibles ...
March 11 (Akron, Ohio), USS Macon christened by Jeannette Whitton Moffett April 4, (Atlantic Ocean), USS Akron crashes, 74 lives lost, including Rear Admiral Moffett, then Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics. April 12, The airbase “NAS Sunnyvale” and Hangar One were dedicated and commissioned and go into service.
Each Akron class ship was built with four individual hangar bays; a fifth aircraft could be stored on the trapeze. In the USS Akron, however, structural girders obstructed the two rearmost hangars, meaning she was capable of accommodating no more than three aircraft when first commissioned. Plans were in place to modify the supports, but the ...
May 11 – Tragedy strikes as the United States Navy dirigible USS Akron (ZRS-4) attempts to land in front of thousands of spectators at Camp Kearny in San Diego, California, after a 77-hour flight from Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, when Akron suddenly lurches upward
The wreckage is listed as the USS Macon Airship Remains on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Less than 20 ft (6.1 m) shorter than the Hindenburg , both Macon and her sister ship Akron were among the largest flying objects in the world in terms of length and volume.
The first stop for NR-1 and its crew was off the coast of New Jersey at the site where the Navy dirigible USS Akron (ZRS-4) crashed shortly after midnight on 4 April 1933. NR-1 made a single pass along the wreckage of the airship at a depth of approximately 120 feet, while the crew obtained imagery of the hulk using the submarine's side-looking ...