AKRON MAIDEN FLIGHT, JUNE, 1931 BUILDING USS AKRON Part 2

Description

1) MS INTERIOR: Engines installed on port side of USS AKRON.2) MS PAN Crew's bunkroom inside the AKRON.3) MCU One of 8 engines installed; propeller shaft outside of ship.4) MCU PAN Large condensers used to condense exhaust fumes to water for ballast.5) MS Fins are put into place on the AKRON.6) MS Installing vertical tail surfaces.7) MS PAN Control surfaces; tail of the AKRON.8) MS GV Two workmen applying dope to fabric of the dirigible.9) MS GV USS AKRON inside the hangar at Akron, Ohio.10) MCU Control car of the dirigible after installation.11) MS PAN Instruments in control car of the USS AKRON. (SV)12) MS LS PAN Many bottles of helium gas stacked outside of the hangar where workmen take helium from tanks for underground storage tank (SV).13) MS PAN UA Large mobile mooring mast.14) MCU GV Large mooring cap on nose of USS AKRON.15) MS DA Hangar with sign, "Goodyear Zeppelin, Akron, Ohio".16) MS GV Mrs. Herbert Hoover preparing to christen USS AKRON.17) LS DA Mrs. Hoover and committee on launching stand.18) MCU Mrs. Hoover pulling long line to release trap door and release pigeons from USS AKRON.19) MCU PAN CDR ROSENDAHL & crew of USS AKRON; spectators BG.20) MS Tail of USS AKRON as it is being taken from hangar for maiden flight, June, 1931.21) LS DA USS AKRON outside of hangar, Akron, Ohio.22) LS DA USS AKRON preparing for take off.23) LS UA USS AKRON in flight.24) LS MS Many views of the dirigible in her maiden flight, June, 1931.25) MCU LT. SETTLE signs receipt for USS AKRON at Akron, Ohio.26) LS UA USS AKRON in flight enroute to NAS, Lakehurst, N. J.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities