USS Macon (ZRS-5) was an airship... ATD

[Werner Presber]

‘USS Macon (ZRS-5) was an airship built and operated by the United  
States Navy for scouting. She served as a ”flying aircraft carrier”,  
launching Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk biplane fighters. In service for  
less than two years, in 1935 Macon was damaged in a storm and lost off  
California’s Big Sur coast.’

Construction of the USS Macon Airship: http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/construction-of-the-uss-macon-airship-c-1932/