Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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1931/00/00 | Harold Dick is transferred to the Goodyear Zeppelin Corp, a subsidiary of Goodyear Tire and Rubber, where he works in project design during construction of the USS Macon. | Goodyear Airdock, Akron, OH |
1933/04/11 | USS MACON is christened by Jeanette Whitton Moffett, wife of Admiral William Moffett. Built by Goodyear Aerospace at the Goodyear Airdock in Akron, Ohio | Goodyear Airdock, Akron, OH |
1933/06/24 | USS Macon leaves Goodyear Airdock for Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey for training | Hangar No 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst |
1933/10/12 | USS Macon leaves the East Coast for NAS Moffett Field | |
1933/10/15 | USS Macon (ZRS-5) arrives at the Naval Air Station at Moffett Field, in Sunnyvale, California | US Naval Air Station Sunnyvale, California, Historic District, Moffett Field |
1934/04/00 | USS Macon's tail fins are damaged in turbulence near Van Horn, Texas. | |
1934/07/19 | USS Macon's scout planes locate the USS Houston in the mid Pacific and deliver President Roosevelt bundles of the previous day's San Francisco newspapers. | |
1935/02/12 | USS MACON crashes into the Pacific Ocean off Big Sur following a structural failure. | Big Sur, California |
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