Friday, February 20, 2026

USS Akron and airplane


  Practicing launches and retrievals of one of the three biplanes carried by the dirigible USS Akron. 
The idea was for the airship to act like an flying aircraft carrier, carrying small biplanes for reconnaissance and fighter protection. The idea did not work out, the USS Akron was destroyed in a crash off New Jersey during a thunderstorm before it was 2 years old..

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