The USS Macon was one of three rigid airships built by Goodyear in Akron, Ohio. The first was the USS Shenandoah, and the last was the USS Akron. I knew one of the German team of engineers brought over from Germany when Goodyear went into the zeppelin business. I learned navigation under his tutelage.
That must have been fascinating. The Macon had a far more productive career than its sister ship, Akron. Macon’s commanders developed the doctrine and techniques of using its airplanes to do scouting while the airship remained out of sight of the opposing forces in exercises
She was ultimately scraped thus ending the US Navy's era of "dirigibles" - these being replaced with the "blimps."
[As an FYI - See Airshipwreck by Len Deighton and Arnold Schwartzman, Jonathan Cape Ltd. Thirty Bedford Square, London, WC1, 1978.]