Flying Aircraft Carrier: The American rigid airship USS Akron (ZRS-4)
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4.4.2023
Technical Data
The construction of the USS Akron in the airship hangar of the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation in Akron, Ohio, on February 25, 1931
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
At the time of its commissioning, the Akron was the largest airship in the world
The ceremonial christening of the USS Akron on August 8, 1931
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
The USS Akron on its maiden voyage on September 23, 1931
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
The end of the USS Akron
Insight into the control gondola of the USS Akron
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
