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| Title | Aerial of the USS Macon (ZRS-5) airship over Seattle from the southeast, with Puget Sound in the background, Seattle, ca. 1934 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | ca. 1934 |
| Caption | Built in 1933 in Akron, Ohio, for the U.S. Navy, the USS Macon (ZRS-5) was a 6, 500, 000 cubic foot helium-filled rigid airship, and the sister airship to the USS Akron. The USS Macon participated in extensive Navy exercises over the Pacific Coast and Pacific Ocean through 1934. On the evening of February 12, 1935, the USS Macon encountered a storm off Point Sur, California and crashed into the Pacific. All but two crew members survived. The crash marked the end of the Navy's rigid airship program. |
| Notes | Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 3, 1938 |
| Subjects | Airships—Washington (State)—Seattle; Macon (Airship) |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.650 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from film positive as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4. |
