MONTEREY BAY >> Crew members aboard the exploration ship Nautilus on Tuesday used a remotely operated vehicle to relocate and photograph the historic wreckage of the USS Macon, a 785-foot airship that ...

MACON, Ga. — On Wednesday, a piece of Macon history was "shipped" across town to a new home. A model of the USS Macon ship was moved from City Hall to the Macon Mall Wednesday morning, to sit outside ...

MONTEREY BAY – Crew members aboard the exploration ship Nautilus on Tuesday used a remotely operated vehicle to relocate and photograph the historic wreckage of the USS Macon, a 785-foot airship that ...

Called the “Queen of the Skies,” the doomed airship was an incredible sight. The USS Macon, its engines thrumming against the prevailing northwest wind, was headed to the Bay Area. Evening winter sun ...

When reminiscing about the USS Macon, former Petty Officer 1st Class Ted Parker remembers one thing: “For a lot of us, it was the best ship we’ve ever been on,” he said. More than 40 former shipmates ...

The military zeppelin USS Macon was meant to be a floating American aircraft carrier over the Pacific Ocean -- but it crashed, sank and has been lying on the ocean floor for more than 70 years. Now ...

The 1935 crash of the Navy zeppelin USS Macon off the California coast marked an inglorious end to a unique experiment in aviation. The giant airship was one of only two ''flying aircraft carriers'' ...

Meant to be a flying aircraft carrier over the Pacific, the USS Macon sank in the ocean and remained there undiscovered for 70 years. This rough photomontage was compiled from several thousand ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The final resting place of a massive blimp-like airship that went down off the California coast 75 years ago has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Officials with ...