Editing USS Akron (section)

===Return to the fleet===
[[File:Akron test pilots.jpg|thumb|right|Pilot officers of USS ''Akron'' Air Group, 1933 (l to r): Lt(JG) Robert W. Lawson, Lt Harold B. Miller, Lt [[Frederick M. Trapnell]], Lt Howard L. Young, Lt(JG) Frederick N. Kivette]]

After local operations out of Lakehurst for the remainder of 1932, ''Akron'' was ready to resume operations with the fleet. On the afternoon of 3 January 1933, Commander [[Frank C. McCord]] relieved Commander Dresel as commanding officer, the latter becoming the first commanding officer of ''Akron''{{'}}s sister ship ''Macon'', whose construction was almost complete. Within hours, ''Akron'' headed south down the eastern seaboard toward Florida, where after refueling at the Naval Reserve Aviation Base, [[Opa-locka, Florida]], near Miami, the next day proceeded to Guantánamo Bay for an inspection of base sites. At this time, the N2Y-1s were used to provide aerial "taxi" service to ferry members of the inspection party back and forth.<ref name=rs/>{{rp|73}}

Soon thereafter, ''Akron'' returned to Lakehurst for local operations, which were interrupted by a two-week overhaul and poor weather. In March, she carried out intensive training with an aviation unit of F9C-2s, honing hook-on skills. During the course of these operations, an overfly of Washington, DC, was made 4 March 1933, the day [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] first took the oath of office as President of the United States.<ref name=rs/>{{rp|74}}

On 11 March, ''Akron'' departed Lakehurst bound for [[Panama]], stopping briefly ''en route'' at Opa-locka before proceeding on to [[Balboa, Panama|Balboa]], where an inspection party looked over a potential air base site. While returning northward, the airship paused at Opa-locka again for local operations exercising gun crews, with the N2Y-1s serving as targets, before getting underway for Lakehurst on 22 March.<ref name=rs/>{{rp|74–75}}