Data, Akron, Zrs-4.


Name:	USS Akron
Ordered:	October 6, 1928
Laid down:	October 31, 1929
Launched:	August 8, 1931
Commissioned:	October 27, 1931
Maiden voyage:	September 23, 1931
Fate:	Crashed in severe weather on April 4, 1933
General characteristics
Tonnage:	221,000 pounds (100 t)
Length:	785 feet (239 m)
Beam:	132.5 feet (40.4 m) (diameter)
Height:	152.5 feet (46.5 m)
Propulsion:	Eight 560 horsepower (420 kW) gasoline-powered engines mounted internally.
Speed:	
50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph) cruising
72 knots (133 km/h; 83 mph) maximum
Range:	10,580 nautical miles (19,590 km; 12,180 mi)
Capacity:	Useful load
182,000 pounds (83 t)
Volume
6,500,000 cubic feet (184,000 m3)
Complement:	89 officers and men
Armament:	seven machine guns
Aircraft carried:	four aircraft