BANANA WARS US MARINE CORPS w/ AIRSHIP USS MACON LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STN. 1931

Description: ORIGINAL! BANANA WARS - U.S. MARINE CORPS w/ AIRSHIP USS MACON at LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION 1931 OFFICIAL! RARE! OUTSTANDING PHOTO OF AIRSHIP ZRS-5 USS MACON AT LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION NOVEMBER 3,1931 WITH HUNDREDS OF U.S. MARINES AND U.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 11-3-31U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION, LAKEHURST, N.JSubject or title，Passengers on Akron flightbefore take offLocation -------------------------- DIMENSION: 8 1/8" x 10" SEPIA SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH A PERIOD HAND ARCHIVED NUMBER ON THE UPPER BACK RIGHT AND A SOME LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 93+ YEARS. USS Macon (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, the Macon was 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 the USS Macon Airship Remains on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Less than 20 ft shorter than the Hindenburg, both USS Macon and her sister ship USS Akron were among the largest flying objects in the world in terms of length and volume. Although the hydrogen-filled, Zeppelin-built Hindenburg and LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II were both longer, the two American-built naval airships still hold the world record for largest helium-filled rigid airships. THIS IS NOT A COPY OR A REPRODUCTION.PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE

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