Photo Gallery Finding The USS Macon
The USS Macon flying over New York harbor in 1933.
The Macon was originally intended to be a flying aircraft carrier.
The search ship Western Flyer.
The remote sub Tiburon helped located the Macon.
This rough photomontage was compiled from several thousand overlapping frames from high-definition video collected during the expedition to the USS Macon. The most visible objects are the wings of four sparrowhawk biplanes that were carried aboard the Macon.
This underwater photograph shows the remains of the nose or "bow" of the USS Macon. The thick rod was part of a docking assembly that was used to moor the airship to a ground-based "mooring mast" after landing.
Portions of some of the USS Macon's fuel tanks. The circular baffles prevented the fuel from sloshing around while the airship was in flight.
The wing tip of one of the Curtiss Sparrowhawk biplanes that went down with the USS Macon. If you look closely you can see bits of fabric that originally covered the plane's wing, as well as portions of a red, white, and blue star design that was painted on the wing.
The wing and cockpit of one of the Curtiss Sparrowhawk biplanes that went down with the USS Macon. The tube at lower right was a telescopic gun site. Just above the cockpit is the frame for the "sky-hook" that allowed the biplane pilot to dock with a trapeze hanging beneath the belly of the USS Macon.
