BANANA WARS US MARINE CORPS wAIRSHIP USS MACON LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION PHOTO for Sale

BANANA WARS US MARINE CORPS wAIRSHIP USS MACON LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION PHOTO For Sale

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BANANA WARS US MARINE CORPS wAIRSHIP USS MACON LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION PHOTO:
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ORIGINAL! BANANA WARS - U.S. MARINE CORPS w/ AIRSHIP USS MACON at LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION 1931 PHOTO

OFFICIAL! RARE! OUTSTANDING PHOTO OF AIRSHIP ZRS-5 USS MACON AT LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION NOVEMBER 3,1931 WITH HUNDREDS OFU.S. MARINES ANDU.S. NAVY SAILORS STATIONED THERE POSING UNDER THE MASIVE AIRSHIP BEFORE BOARDING FOR A FLIGHT NOVEMBER 3,1931.

OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION STAMPED AND ID'D PHOTO :

L.H. No. 2911- Date 11-3-31

U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION, LAKEHURST, N.J

Subject or title，

Passengers on Akron flight

before take off

Location

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DIMENSION: 8 1/8" x 10"

SEPIA

SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST

CONDITION IS EXTREMELYFINE WITH A PERIOD HAND ARCHIVED NUMBER ON THE UPPER BACK RIGHT AND A SOME LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 93+ YEARS.

USSMacon(ZRS-5)was a rigid airship built and operated by the United States Navy for scouting and served as a "flying aircraft carrier", carrying up to five single-seat Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk parasite biplanes for scouting or two-seat Fleet N2Y-1s for training. In service for less than two years, theMaconwas damaged in a storm and lost off California's Big Sur coast in February 1935, though most of the crew were saved. The wreckage is listed as theUSSMaconAirship Remainson the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.Less than 20 ft shorter than theHindenburg, bothUSSMaconand her sister shipUSSAkronwere among the largest flying objects in the world in terms of length and volume. Although the hydrogen-filled, Zeppelin-builtHindenburgand LZ 130Graf Zeppelin IIwere both longer, the two American-built naval airships still hold the world record for largest helium-filled rigid airships.

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