USS MaconUSS Macon was the rigid ship and the United States Navy for Scouting was operating it. It was built in Akron, Ohio at the Goodyear Airdock by Goofyear Zeppelin Corporation. The name Macon for the ship was given after the Macon city of Georgia. Macon city is the largest city of the Congressional district.
Before this ship there were two more ships known as Hindenburg and her sister ship Akron, which were one of the largest flying objects in the world with their length and volume. Macon was about 785 ft in length and 146.2 ft in height with 8 internal combustion engines. The ship was of duraluminum hull structured and was having 12 helium filled gas cells that were made from the gelatin latex fabric. There were eight German made Maybach, 560 horsepower gasoline powered engines and 12 cylinder. It was designed to carry five F9C Sparrowhawk biplanes. The first aircraft was received on July 6, 1933 by Macon during trail flights in New Jersey. Macon got rapid damage during crossing of continent when it was forced to fly up to 1800 meter in Arizona for the clearing purpose of mountains. The repair process was still ongoing that it faced another storm of Point Sur, California on February 12, 1935. Macon had completed her 50 flights from the date of her commission and incapacitated on February 26, 1935 from the Navy list.
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The ship was called as 'Macon' on March 11, 1933 by Jeanette Whitton Moffette, wife of Rear Admirals William A. Moffett who was chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics of US Navy. It was then serving as a flying aircraft carrier. But it got damage within two years of its service that is in 1935 in a storm.