The wreck of the Naval airship USS Macon - which crashed 75 years ago today off Point Sur, 140 miles south of San Francisco - has been added to the National Register of Historical Places.
The wreck, which includes the remnants of the SparrowHawk fighter planes she carried, lies in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, where it has lain since the dirigible went down in the Pacific during a storm.
Most of her crew were able to escape. The five planes she carried were considered the most advanced of their day, taking off and landing from a trapeze-like device suspended from the Macon's belly.
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I think about those old airships every time I drive by Moffett and see the old blimp hangars.
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