Ships built in Ohio

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 99. Chapters: USS Akron, Lucy Walker steamboat disaster, USS Wadena, USS Wood County, SS John B. Cowle, SS Superior City, USCGC Courageous, SS Vienna, Laurent Millaudon, Comet, USS Queen of the West, USS Staff, USS Surfbird, USS Sustain, SS Samuel Mather, USS Towhee, USS Tyler, USS Strive, USS Seer, USS Mainstay, USS Toucan, USS Waxwing, USS Lancaster, USS Sable, USS Taganak, USS Manasquan, USS Tuluran, USS Speed, USS Puritan, USS Sentinel, USS Steady, USS Bayonne, USS Merganser, USS Swallow, USNS Silas Bent, USS New Era, USS Jubilant, USS Tanager, USS Kiowa, USS Forsyth, USS Rodolph, USS Tallahatchie, USS Rattler, USS Sprig, USS Mango, USS Reindeer, USS Moose, USS Mimosa, USS Wyandotte, USS Albatross, USS Clarinda, USS Bangor, USS Orlando, USS Indianola, USAT Brigadier General M. G. Zalinski, USS Undine, USS Hazel, USS Lady Betty, USS Tillamook, USS Ocoee, USS Lorain County, USS Wheatear, USS Oneota, USS Monarch, USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS Method, USS Knave, USS Frolic, USS Springfield, USS Victory, USS Nimble, USS Dour, USS Locust, USS Mahogany, USS Catawba, USS Annapolis, USS Redwood, USS Key West, USS Measure, USCGC Dependable, USS Tercel, USS Mulberry, USS Naumkeag, United States lightship LV-58, USS Skill, USS Peosta, USS Hackberry, USS Eager, USS Marvel, USS Milledgeville, USS Mirth, USS Jaydee III, USS Onondaga, USS Blue Bird, USS Great Western, USS Greensboro, USS Lucid, USS Traveler, USS Alexandria, USS Blue Ridge, USS Gamage, USS Rosewood, USS Tuscumbia, USS Palm, USS Sandalwood, USS Meteor, USS Fairy, USS Magnet, USS Susanne, USS Tensas, USS Disdain, USS Elusive, USS Rickwood, USS Embattle, USS Resolute, USS Chatterer, USS R. W. Wilmot, USS Sibyl, USS Lance, CSS Colonel Lovell, USS Logic, USS Fawn, USS Nutmeg, USS Huron, USS Yuma, USS Content, USS Flamingo, USS Marold, USS Klamath, USS Clematis, USS Racine, USS Gulfport, USS Marietta, CSS Jackson, USS Maria Denning, USS Champion, USS Kenwood, USS Nymph, USS Switzerland, USS Chillicothe, USS SC-142, USS Sioux, USS YMS-416, USS Henry County, USS Ibex, USS Zumbrota, USS Niagara, USS Bignonia, USS Commodore, USS Collier, L.R. Doty. Excerpt: USS Akron (ZRS-4) was a helium-filled rigid airship of the United States Navy that was lost in a weather-related accident off the New Jersey coast early on April 4, 1933, killing 73 of the 76 crew and passengers on board. During its accident-prone 18-month term of service, she would also serve as a flying aircraft carrier for launching F9C Sparrowhawk biplane fighters. At 785 ft (239 m) long, 20 ft (6.1 m) shorter than the German commercial airship Hindenburg, Akron and her sister Macon were among the largest flying objects in the world. Although the Hindenburg was longer, it was filled with hydrogen, so the two U.S. airships still hold the world record for helium-filled airships. Construction of ZRS-4 commenced on October 31, 1929, at the Goodyear Airdock in Springfield Township near Akron, Ohio by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation. Because she was the biggest airship ever to be built in America up to that point, a special hangar was constructed in Akron and a team of experienced German airship engineers, led by Chief Designer Karl Arnstein, instructed and supported design and construction of both U.S. Navy airships USS Akron and USS Macon. On November 7, 1931, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett-Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics-drove the "golden rivet" in the ship's main ring. Erection of the hull sections began in ...