{"id":288,"date":"2010-12-02T02:56:52","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T02:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=288"},"modified":"2022-05-04T18:26:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T01:26:14","slug":"the-uss-akron-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=288","title":{"rendered":"The USS Akron Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I just hung on. . . I saw the other fellows fall and it didn&#8217;t make me feel any too good, but there was nothing I could do about it except to hang on tighter. I wouldn&#8217;t do it again for love or money. &#8212;<\/em>Seaman Bud Cowart<\/p>\n<p>An airship disaster in May 1932, shocked San Diego. <strong>Read about the<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Akron-Tragedy1.pdf\"> Akron Tragedy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_289\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/USSAkron.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289\" data-attachment-id=\"289\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=289\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/USSAkron.jpg?fit=740%2C273&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"740,273\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"USSAkron\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;USS Akron at San Diego, May 1932&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/USSAkron.jpg?fit=740%2C273&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-289\" title=\"USSAkron\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/USSAkron.jpg?resize=550%2C203\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/USSAkron.jpg?w=740&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/USSAkron.jpg?resize=300%2C110&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USS <em>Akron<\/em> at San Diego, May 1932<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D288&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just hung on. . . 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