The USS Macon is an Akron class rigid airship built by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation and commissioned into the United States Navy in June 1933. Designed as a flying aircraft carrier, it carried up to five Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk biplane fighters that it could launch and recover in flight for scouting, and it was lost in February 1935 when storm damage caused it to crash off the coast of Big Sur, California.
Facts
SignificanceFlying aircraft carrier airship carrying up to five Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk aircraft; with sister ship USS Akron holds the record for the largest helium-filled rigid airships 1 Manufacturer or BuilderGoodyear-Zeppelin Corporation 1 In the Other Atlases
Manufactured By
Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.
Sources
1. USS Macon (ZRS-5), Wikipedia
Christening and commissioning
commissioned into the U.S. Navy on 23 June 1933
Construction
built at the Goodyear Airdock in Springfield Township, Ohio, by the Goodyear
Opening paragraph
still hold the world record for the largest helium-filled rigid airships.
In Group: Rigid Airships, Lead sentence
USS Macon (ZRS-5) was a rigid airship built and operated by the United States Navy for scouting and served as a "flying aircraft carrier", carrying up to five single-seat Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk parasite biplanes for scouting or two-seat Fleet N2Y-1s for training.
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