USS MACON (airship remains)

  • Type: Dirigible

  • Travel Genus: Sight , Sight
  • Event Category: Historic Event
  • Sight Category: Vehicle


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Timeline

Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1931/00/00 Harold Gustav Dick Work 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 Fate of the USS Macon
1933/04/11 Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation Builder 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 Fate of the USS Macon
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 Fate of the USS Macon
1933/10/12 USS Macon leaves the East Coast for NAS Moffett Field Fate of the USS Macon
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 Fate of the USS Macon
1934/04/00 USS Macon's tail fins are damaged in turbulence near Van Horn, Texas. Fate of the USS Macon
1934/07/19 Franklin D Roosevelt Visitor 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. FDR Vacations in Hawaii
1934/07/19 Franklin D Roosevelt Visitor 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. Fate of the USS Macon
1935/02/12 United States Navy Owner USS MACON crashes into the Pacific Ocean off Big Sur following a structural failure. Big Sur California Fate of the USS Macon

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Particulars for USS MACON (airship remains):
Area of Significance Aviation, Air-related
Airship Type Dirigible
Area of Significance Engineering
Owner Federal
Area of Significance Historic and non-aboriginal
Event Category Historic Event
Criteria Information Potential
Area of Significance Military
Level of Significance National
Sight Category Site
Owner State
Sight Category Vehicle



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