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Photo #: NH 42163

Christening of USS Akron (ZRS-4), 8 August 1931


Paul W. Litchfield, President of the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation, speaking at Akron's christening ceremonies, held in the Goodyear-Zeppelin "air dock" at Akron, Ohio.
Seated to the right of the speaker are Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, and First Lady of the United States Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Akron's Sponsor.

Photograph received from the Navy Recruiting Bureau, 1932.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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2 July 2002