USS Akron (ZRS-4)
In 1928 the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation signed contracts with the Bureau of Aeronautics to build two large fleet-type rigid airships capable of carrying airplanes for scouting purposes. The first of the two was the USS Akron:
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