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Official Report on Akron Disaster By Lt Cmdr Wiley
The Akron dive off the New Jersey coast killed 73. Lt Cmdr H V Wiley aboard as executive officer presents the account from Lakehurst to senior officers. The ship departed April 3 1933 for calibration missions, encountered dense fog and thunderstorms near Asbury Park, and crashed after engine changes and obscured ground visibility. Survivors include Wiley and two enlisted men.
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Washington
Auvilk 7
Herbert V. Wiley
Akron
New Jersey
Theisaster
U. S. S. Akron
Barnegat Inlet
H. V. Wiley
R. E. Deal
U.S. N
M. Erwin
Lakehurst
First Naval District
Sip
FP. C. McCord