Photo #: NH 42167
Christening of USS Akron (ZRS-4), 8 August 1931
Notables on the speakers' stand during Akron's christening
ceremonies, held in the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation "air
dock" hangar at Akron, Ohio. Paul W. Litchfield, President
of the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation is seated just to left of
the microphones.
Seated to the right of the microphones are (left to right):
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics;
First Lady of the United States Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Akron's
Sponsor; and
David S. Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aviation.
Photograph received from the Navy Recruiting Bureau, 1932.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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