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Photo # NH 97976: USS Akron landing as Sunnyvale, California, 13 May 1932

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT -- 1922-1962 DESIGNATION SYSTEM --

USS Akron (ZRS-4), Airship 1931-1933 --
Landing Views


This page features all the views we have of USS Akron (ZRS-4) during the landing process.

For more views of USS Akron, see:

  • USS Akron (ZRS-4), Airship 1931-1933.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 97977

    USS Akron (ZRS-4)


    Approaches a mooring mast while landing, circa 1931-1933.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97976

    USS Akron (ZRS-4)


    Landing at Sunnyvale, California, following her trans-continental flight from Lakehurst, New Jersey, 13 May 1932.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 46KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42156

    USS Akron (ZRS-4)


    Approaches the mooring mast, while landing at Sunnyvale, California, 13 May 1932.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98082

    USS Akron (ZRS-4)


    Making a morning takeoff or landing, at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, circa 1931-1933.
    Note mist just above the ground in front of the hangar, and the Sun in the distance.

    Collection of Captain Hays R. Browning, USNR, from the Naval Reserve Aviation Base New York, N.Y. album.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     

    For more views of USS Akron, see:

  • USS Akron (ZRS-4), Airship 1931-1933.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 28 August 2002
    New image added 3 October 2002