USS Macon, Airborne aircraft carrier in United States of America
USS Macon was one of the largest airships ever built.
Commissioned in June 1933, it served less than two years before crashing in 1935.
The USS Macon is a symbol of American ingenuity in the era of lighter-than-air travel.
Wreckage lies offshore from Point Sur, now protected as a National Register of Historic Places listed place.
It carried biplane fighters internally, releasing them through a trapeze mechanism.
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Location
Inception
May 1931
GPS coordinates
36.29083,-121.99778
Latest update
August 31, 2026 12:11
