Lost at Sea: The Great US Navy Airships Akron and Macon
- Episode aired 2003
- 49m
Facing the technical challenge of finding light aluminum structures after almost 70 years under water, the Sea Hunters search for the remains of the Akron and Macon--two dirigibles that fell... Read allFacing the technical challenge of finding light aluminum structures after almost 70 years under water, the Sea Hunters search for the remains of the Akron and Macon--two dirigibles that fell into the sea a continent apart in the 1930s. They represented the Navy's last experiments... Read allFacing the technical challenge of finding light aluminum structures after almost 70 years under water, the Sea Hunters search for the remains of the Akron and Macon--two dirigibles that fell into the sea a continent apart in the 1930s. They represented the Navy's last experiments in deploying flying aircraft carriers.