Fate of the USS Macon



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Y/M/D Description Place
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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