The USS Akron was unlike anything the world had ever seen.
A massive flying aircraft carrier, capable of launching and recovering airplanes in mid-air. It was designed to give the United States Navy an unprecedented advantage in reconnaissance and military operations.
But beneath its impressive size and groundbreaking technology were serious flaws.
In April 1933, during a violent storm off the coast of New Jersey, the USS Akron was lost in the Atlantic Ocean.
Only three men survived.
So why is the USS Akron disaster far less known than the Hindenburg?
What caused the world's most advanced airship to fall from the sky?
And could the disaster have been prevented?
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction: The Flying Aircraft Carrier
00:52 - The Birth of the U.S. Airship Program
01:40 - Inside the Flying Hangar: How It Launched Planes
02:07 - Luxury & Technical Engineering Onboard
03:06 - Maiden Voyage & Breaking Military Records
04:13 - The Tail Collision & The Electric Turntable
04:43 - The Dangerous "Spy Basket" Experiment
05:05 - The West Coast Mooring Tragedy
05:52 - Relentless Testing & Historic Flights
06:38 - The Final Mission: Trapped in a Violent Storm
07:16 - The Crash of USS Akron: A Preventable Disaster
07:41 - The End of an Era: Did Flying Aircraft Carriers Make Sense?
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