Editing USS Akron (section)

===West Coast flights===
Over the weeks that followed, ''Akron'' "showed the flag" on the [[West Coast of the United States]], ranging as far north as the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]] before returning south in time to exercise once more with the Scouting Fleet. Serving as part of the "Green Force", the ''Akron'' attempted to locate the "White Force". Although opposed by [[Vought O2U Corsair]] [[floatplane]]s from "enemy" [[warship]]s, the airship located the opposing forces in just 22 hours, a fact not lost upon some of the participants in the exercise in subsequent critiques.<ref name=rs/>{{rp|58–59}}

[[File:USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight over Manhattan, circa 1931-1933.jpg|thumb|left|''Akron'' over [[Lower Manhattan]]]]

In need of repairs, ''Akron'' departed from Sunnyvale on 11 June 1932 bound for Lakehurst, on a return trip that was sprinkled with difficulties, mostly because of unfavorable weather, and having to fly at [[pressure height]] while crossing the mountains. ''Akron'' arrived on 15 June after a "long and sometimes harrowing" aerial voyage.<ref name=rs/>{{rp|61–62}}

''Akron'' next underwent a period of voyage repairs before taking part in July in a search for ''Curlew'', a yacht that had failed to reach port at the end of a race to the island of [[Bermuda]]. The yacht was later discovered safe off [[Nantucket]].<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753394,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027064331/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753394,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=27 October 2010 | magazine=Time | title=Sport: Cruise of the Curlew | date=18 July 1932 | access-date=27 May 2010}}</ref> She then resumed operations capturing aircraft on the "trapeze" equipment. Admiral Moffett again boarded ''Akron'' on 20 July, but the next day left the airship in one of her N2Y-1s, which took him back to Lakehurst after a severe storm had delayed the airship's own return to base.<ref name=rs/>{{rp|65–66}}