When you think of the history of Ocean County, the first thing that jumps to mind is shipwrecks. Then if you take another moment, you might flash on the an image of the Hindenburg exploding over Lakehurst in 1937. Unfortunately that image has overshadowed the county’s role in the history of lighter-than-air ships. The Hindenburg wasn’t even the worst airship disaster in the county. The crash of the USS Akron off Barnegat Light in 1933 took almost twice as many lives.
While many have heard of the crashes of these giant rigid dirigibles, meaning their gas bags were supported by a light…
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