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Photo # NH 77424: Officers of USS Macon, circa 1933-1934

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-- U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT -- 1922-1962 DESIGNATION SYSTEM --

USS Macon (ZRS-5), Airship 1933-1935 --
On Board, Construction and Miscellaneous Views


This page features all the on board views we have of USS Macon (ZRS-5), plus photos of her construction and miscellaneous images related to her.

For more views of USS Macon, see:

  • USS Macon (ZRS-5), Airship 1933-1935.


    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 50274

    Admiral David F. Sellers, USN
    (left),
    Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet,

    In the control car of USS Macon (ZRS-5) on 9 November 1934, during his visit to the airship for a flight in the vicinity of San Francisco, California. Standing with him is Macon's Commanding Officer, Commander Alger H. Dresel, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 565 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82711

    USS Macon (ZRS-5)


    View in the airship's control car, looking forward, while she was in a hangar, circa 1933-1935.
    This is a halftone reproduction.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 158KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82712

    USS Macon (ZRS-5)


    View in the airship's auxiliary control station, located in the lower vertical fin, circa 1933-1935.
    This is a halftone reproduction.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 117KB; 540 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77424

    USS Macon (ZRS-5)


    Ship's officers pose below her control car, in the Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California, airship hangar, circa 1933-1934.
    Those present are identified in Photo # NH 77424 (complete caption).

    Courtesy of Harold B. Miller, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 135KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77431

    USS Macon (ZRS-5)


    The airship's "spy basket" in operation, suspended from a cable below Macon, 27 September 1934.
    This image is a frame from a motion picture film, photographed from an airplane flying nearby.

    Courtesy of Harold B. Miller, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 51KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77432

    USS Macon (ZRS-5)


    The airship's "spy basket" in operation, suspended from a cable below Macon, 27 September 1934.
    This image is a frame from a motion picture film, photographed from an airplane flying nearby.

    Courtesy of Harold B. Miller, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 37KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77423

    USS Macon (ZRS-5)


    Some of the airship's officers on board USS Richmond (CL-9) on the morning after her crash. Macon went down during the night on 12 February 1935. Present are (left to right):
    Lieutenant (Junior Grade) George W. Campbell,
    Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Gerald L. Huff,
    Lieutenant Anthony L. Danis,
    Lieutenant Harold B. Miller,
    Lieutenant Commander George H. Mills,
    Lieutenant Commander Calvin M. Bolster, Construction Corps,
    Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Earl K. Van Swearingen, Lieutenant Howard N. Coulter,
    Chief Boatswain William A. Buckley, and
    Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Leroy C. Simpler.

    Courtesy of Harold B. Miller, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57960

    Airship Hindenburg disaster, 6 May 1937


    German Lieutenant Colonel Joachim Breithhaupt places a wreath at the American Legion Chapel, Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, on Memorial Day, 31 May 1937. The wreath was laid in memory of those who lost their lives in the crashes of the airships Hindenburg, Macon (12 February 1935) and Akron (4 April 1933).

    Photograph was received from the Commanding Officer, NAS Lakehurst, on 16 June 1937.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42021

    USS Macon (ZRS-5)


    Under construction in the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation hangar at Akron, Ohio, circa 1932.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42022

    USS Macon (ZRS-5)


    Under construction in the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation hangar at Akron, Ohio, circa early 1933.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42023

    USS Macon (ZRS-5)


    Under construction in the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation hangar at Akron, Ohio, circa early 1933.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     


    The following photograph shows either USS Macon (ZRS-5) or her sister airship, USS Akron (ZRS-4):

    Photo #: NH 77596

    Mrs. Mabel Ely
    ,
    Widow of pioneer aviator Eugene B. Ely

    In the control car of a U.S. Navy airship (either USS Akron or USS Macon), circa 1932-1935.

    Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 54KB; 485 x 765 pixels

     

    For more views of USS Macon, see:

  • USS Macon (ZRS-5), Airship 1933-1935.


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


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