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Photo #: NH 42166
Christening of USS Akron (ZRS-4), 8 August 1931
David S. Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aviation,
speaking during Akron's christening ceremonies, held in
the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation "air dock" hangar
at Akron, Ohio.
Photograph received from the Navy Recruiting Bureau, 1932.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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