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An underwater look at the USS Macon wreckage

Mark Shwartz/NOAA/MBARI
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In September 2006, 71 years after the USS Macon plunged into the Pacific, a team of marine researchers, including engineers from Stanford University, conducted the first comprehensive survey of the airship's final resting place on the floor of Monterey Bay more than 1,000 feet below sea level.