U.S.S. Akron
ZRS-4
1931
(Neptun L-3)
- Dead Weight: 221,000 lbs
- Dimensions: 785 x 132 x 152 ft.
- Gas Volume: 6,500,000 cu. ft. of helium
- Engines: 8 x 560 hp gasoline engines = 72 knots
- Aircraft: 4 (F9C-2 Sparrowhawks)
- Crew: 89
- Builder: Goodyear-Zeppelin Co., Akron, OH
- Laid down: 31 Oct 1929
- Launched: 8 Aug 1931
- Maiden flight: 23 Sep 1931
- Commissioned: 27 Oct 1931
- Service: Crashed in severe weather, 4 Apr 1933 at sea, about 27 miles off Beach Haven, New Jersey.
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