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ZRS-4 U.S.S. Akron
U.S.S. Akron. The first of two fleet scouting airships of 6,500,000 cubic feet volume, Akron was christened on August 8, 1931 in her name city, Akron, Ohio, by another first lady, Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Akron's trapeze was designed to allow her heavier-than-air scout planes to be stowed in an internal hangar. Instrumentation affected by rapid changes in atmospheric pressure was a probable contributing factor to Akron's loss at sea on April 4, 1933, with all but 3 of her crew of 73 lost in the tragedy. Akron had flown 74 flights/1,700 hours in her 20 months of service.