U.S.S Macon Passes North of New Orleans, Over Lake Pontchartrain

Alfred S. Lippman Collection of Louisiana Postal Aviation History



“USS Macon Passes North of New Orleans, Over Lake Pontchartrain. Crescent City Stamp club, New Orleans, La.” Postmarked April 22, 1934. The Macon was a US Navy dirigible that was lost in a storm off the California coast in 1935. It was a sister ship to the USS Arkon and both the Macon and Akron still hold the world record for largest helium-filled rigid airships.