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This is a vintage postcard. USS MACON GOODYEAR BUILT RIGID AIRSHIP FOR THE U. S. NAVY AND SISTER SHIP OF THE ORIGINAL FLIGHT IN AKRON O. IN APRIL 21 1933. ULTIMATELY IT WAS BASED AT THE U. S. NAVAL AIR STATION MOFFETT FIELD CALIF. RETURNING FROM MANEUVERS WITH THE U. S. FLEET IN THE PACIFIC ON FEB. 12 1935 MACON SUFFERED DAMAGE SETTLED INTO THE SEA OFF POINT SUR CALIFORNIA AND SUBSEQUENTLY WAS DESTROYED OF THE 80 ABOARD ALL WERE RESCUED BUT TWO. THIS VIEW SHOWS THE MACON IN THE GOODYEAR AIRSHIP HANGER AKRON OHIO WHICH IS THE LARGEST OF ITS TYPE IN THE WORLD. The postcard shows a black and white photo of the USS Macon airship inside a large hangar. Reproduced from an original photograph furnished by the Goodyear Aerospace Corp. Rubber City Stamp Club Akron Ohio.