OtherUS Akron ZRS 4

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

USS AKRON ZRS-4 Ring Laid 31 October 1929 - Launched and Christened by Mrs. Lou Henry Hoover, the wife of the President of the United States, Herbert C. Hoover 8 August 1931 Maiden Flight 23 September 1931 - Commissioned 27 October 1931 - Crashed at Sea 4 April 1933

Naval Covers

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

 

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N/A			1932-05-06 USPO Machine Cancel Lakehurst NJ
			Coast to Coast Trip Carrying Mail

Rubber stamp cachets.

 

N/A			1932-05-06 USPO Machine Cancel Lakehurst NJ
			Coast to Coast Trip Carrying Mail

Rubber stamp cachet. This cover also bears a FRAUDULENT "AKRON MAIL" overprint created by A.C. Roessler. From the Cheryl Ganz collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1932-06-11 USPO Machine Cancel San Pedro CA
			San Pedro Welcomes the USS Akron

Blue cachet by Raleigh D. Newton and sponsored by the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce.

 

N/A		N/A	1932-06-11 USPO Machine Cancel San Pedro CA
			San Pedro Welcomes the USS Akron

Red cachet by Raleigh D. Newton and sponsored by the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce.

 

N/A			1932-08-01 USPO Machine Cancel Lakehurst NJ On The Back - 1932-08-02 USPO Machine Cancel Lakehurst NJ
			Tactical Training Flight Carrying Mail

Rubber stamp cachets.

 

N/A			1932-08-01 USPO Machine Cancel Lakehurst NJ On The Back - 1932-08-02 USPO Machine Cancel Lakehurst NJ
			Tactical Training Flight Carrying Mail

Rubber stamp cachets. From the William J. Wladyka collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-04-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "COMMO. / AKRON CRASH" USS Portland CA-33
			RAdm. Moffett / Akron Memorial

Cachet by Eugene L. Mueller

 

N/A		N/A	1934-05-30 USPO Type 2 Moffett Field CA
			Cacheted

Memorial Day cachet honors the USS Akron ZRS-4 and Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, USN. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "REST IN / PEACE" USS Arizona BB-39
			Cachet by Clyde Welch, sponsored by the National Aiglon Society

Cachet also commemorates USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4 and USS Shenandoah ZR-1.

 

			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15 "DECORATIONS / IN MEMORY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by Ted DeNyse, sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

Memorial Day. Cachet honors USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4 and USS Shenandoah ZR-1. Cachet is thermographed.

 

		N/A	1938-10-27 Locy Type 3r (B-BTT) "NEW BEDFORD / MASS" Hamilton DD-141
			Cachet by Loring W. Stannard

Cachet remembers the loss of FULTON AS-1, PANAY PR-5, AKRON ZRS-4, MACON ZRS-5 and SWALLOW AM-4.

 

N/A			1941-05-07 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) USS Meredith DD-434
			Cacheted, sponsored by Donald Graf

Memorial Day cachet honors the USS Akron ZRS-4 and the USS Macon ZRS-5. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A			2003-04-04 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Memorial Station" Barnegat Light, NJ
			70th Anniversary of loss

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A			2003-04-04 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Memorial Station" Lakehurst, NJ
			70th Anniversary of loss

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	2021-06-25 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Hangar No. 1 Centennial" NAS Lakehurst NJ
			100th Anniversary of NAS Lakehurst NJ

Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

 

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