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Photo #: NH 42164
USS Akron (ZRS-4)
Under construction in the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation "air
dock" hangar at Akron, Ohio, 5 November 1930.
At this point, the airship's framework has been completed far
enough to hold seven bags of lifting helium.
Photograph received from the Navy Recruiting Bureau, 1932.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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