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![USS Akron over Manhattan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/USS_Akron_%28ZRS-4%29_in_flight_over_Manhattan%2C_circa_1931-1933.jpg/425px-USS_Akron_%28ZRS-4%29_in_flight_over_Manhattan%2C_circa_1931-1933.jpg)
The airship USS Akron flying over the southern tip of Manhattan circa 1931–1933. The Akron was a commissioned 'ship' of the United States Navy, built for them by the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation in Akron, Ohio. She cast off for her maiden voyage on 2 November 1931, but crashed less than two years later.