#USS Macon

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USS Macon

The largest warship to ever transit the Great Lakes. The 8-inch gun Heavy Cruiser USS Macon came through the Seaway in 1959 to officially open the new waterway. She is seen here in the Eisenhower Lock. Note the missing radar antenna, removed in Boston to allow passage through the Seaway 's lift bridges due to her high air draft. The ship had all sorts of problems rubbing bottom and bumping into walls on her way through due to the large size, powerful engines, and the open ocean design of her hull.

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Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk Airship Fighter seen with the USS Macon mothership - 1932.

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USS Macon Airship flying over New York City, 1933  

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"Ready for launching"

"On the eve of her launching, USS Macon (CA-132) stands in the way of the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey. The Macon, a heavy cruiser which when completed will carry a main battery of eight-inch guns and powerful supporting batteries, will slide into the Delaware River Sunday, October 15."

Photographed on October 14, 1944.

Temple University Library: P560150B

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US Military Airships

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USS Macon

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USS Macon Aircraft Carrier over New York Harbor, Summer 1933 USS Macon (ZRS-5) rigid airship, helium-filled, capable of carrying five biplane single-seat Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk or two-seat Fleet N2Y-1 aircraft. Source: NHCC NH 43901

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For fifteen years the United States Navy invested heavily in rigid airships… only to lose the majority of their fleet to tragic accidents. This week join us for the sad tales of the ZR-2, the USS Shenandoah, the USS Akron, and the USS Macon and learn why we can't have nice things.

Transcript, sources, links and more at https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/air-crash-museum/

Key sources for this episode include Thomas H. Flaherty's THE EPIC OF FLIGHT: THE GIANT AIRSHIPS; C.E. Rosendahl's UP SHIP!; and contemporary newspaper reports.

Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia.

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Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.

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Fatal Flight: The True Story of Britain’s Last Great Airship :: Bill Hammack

Fatal Flight: The True Story of Britain’s Last Great Airship :: Bill Hammack

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The Orville: New Horizons Trailer

The Orville: New Horizons is created and written by Seth MacFarlane. The series follows the crew of the exploratory spaceship The U.S.S. Orville 400 years in the future.

The Orville: New Horizons stars Seth MacFarlane (Captain Ed Mercer), Adrianne Palicki (Commander Kelly Grayson), Penny Johnson Jerald (Dr. Claire Finn), Scott Grimes (Lieutenant Gordon Malloy), Peter Macon (Lieutenant Commander Bortus), Jessica Szohr (Lieutenant Talla Keyali), J. Lee (Lieutenant Commander John Lamarr), Mark Jackson (Isaac), and Anne Winters (Ensign Charly Burke).

The Orville: New Horizons hits Hulu on June 2, 2022.

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Unknown, The USS Macon airship under construction, Akron, Ohio, 1932.

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USS Macon (CA-132) anchored in the Hudson River, New York, during Navy Day Celebrations on October 27, 1945.

Photographed by William C Shrout, LIFE Magazine.

LIFE Magazine Archives: 116287501

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The largest warship to ever transit the Great Lakes. The 8-inch gun Heavy Cruiser USS Macon came through the Seaway in 1959 to officially open the new waterway. She is seen here in the Eisenhower Lock. Note the missing radar antenna, removed in Boston to allow passage through the Seaway 's lift bridges due to her high air draft. The ship had all sorts of problems rubbing bottom and bumping into walls on her way through due to the large size, powerful engines, and the open ocean design of her hull.

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USS Macon airship construction, Akron, Ohio, 1932.

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Zero days since our last accident, before there was OSHA, there were ladders. USS Macon under construction in the 1930s.