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Photo # NH 42162: Scene on board USS Akron, circa 1931-1932

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT -- 1922-1962 DESIGNATION SYSTEM --

USS Akron (ZRS-4), Airship 1931-1933 --
Close Up and On Board Views


This page features all the close up and on board views we have of USS Akron (ZRS-4).

For more views of USS Akron, see:

  • USS Akron (ZRS-4), Airship 1931-1933.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-462245

    USS Akron (ZRS-4)


    View of the airship's tail section, while she was in flight on 2 November 1931.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 80776

    USS Akron (ZRS-4)


    View of the airship's lower starboard side, amidships between frames 125 and 147.5, taken during her commissioning ceremonies at Lakehurst, New Jersey, 27 October 1931.
    This section was left uncovered until after the ceremonies so the Public could see into Akron's interior. Important design features are labeled.

    Courtesy of Richard K. Smith, author of the book "The Airships Akron & Macon", 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 120KB; 900 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42170

    USS Akron (ZRS-4)


    Close-up view of the airship's lower port side midships area, taken at Sunnyvale, California, circa May-June 1932.
    Note the Sailor on scaffolding, possibly cleaning Akron's fabric skin.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97978

    USS Akron (ZRS-4)


    Closeup view of one of the airship's propellers, swiveled to its horizonal position to provide lift for takeoff, circa 1931-1932.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-462222

    USS Akron (ZRS-4)


    Scene in the crew's mess on board the airship, 15 October 1931.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 515 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 42161

    USS Akron (ZRS-4)


    Scene in one of the airship's engine rooms, circa 1931-1932.

    This photograph was received from the U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York, in 1932.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42162

    USS Akron (ZRS-4)


    Scene on board the airship, circa 1931-1932, showing a crew member getting a cup of water from a wash basin.
    Note the aluminum structural members.

    This photograph was received from the U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York, in 1932.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 114KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     


    The following photograph shows either USS Akron (ZRS-4) or her sister airship, USS Macon (ZRS-5):

    Photo #: NH 77596

    Mrs. Mabel Ely
    ,
    Widow of pioneer aviator Eugene B. Ely

    In the control car of a U.S. Navy airship (either USS Akron or USS Macon), circa 1932-1935.

    Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 54KB; 485 x 765 pixels

     

    For more views of USS Akron, see:

  • USS Akron (ZRS-4), Airship 1931-1933.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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