Maiden Voyage
On 2 November 1931, Akron cast off for a maiden voyage as a commissioned "ship" of the U.S. Navy and cruised down the eastern seaboard to Washington D.C. Over the weeks that followed, some 300 hours aloft were logged in a series of flights, including a 46-hour endurance run to Mobile, Alabama and back. The return leg of the trip was made via the valleys of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
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