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The USS Akron launching a Consolidated N2Y-1 training plane (Bureau # A8604) during flight tests near Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, 4 May 1932. The USS Akron (ZRS-4) was a 239 meter long, helium-filled rigid airship of the United States Navy that was lost in a weather-related accident off the New Jersey coast early on April 4, 1933, killing 73 of the 76 crew and passengers on board. During its accident-prone 18-month term of service, she served as a flying aircraft carrier for launching these F9C Sparrowhawk biplane fighters.

The USS Akron launching a Consolidated N2Y-1 training plane (Bureau # A8604) during flight tests near Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, 4 May 1932.

The USS Akron (ZRS-4) was a 239 meter long, helium-filled rigid airship of the United States Navy that was lost in a weather-related accident off the New Jersey coast early on April 4, 1933, killing 73 of the 76 crew and passengers on board.

During its accident-prone 18-month term of service, she served as a flying aircraft carrier for launching these F9C Sparrowhawk biplane fighters.
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