Where were Akron's machine guns mounted?

Where were Akron's eight .30-calibre machine guns positioned to obtain useful arcs of fire?

The exact arrangement remains uncertain. Surviving books, photographs, and design descriptions claim good fields of fire without clearly locating every gun.

Akron's gun placement remains uncertain. Concentrating the weapons around the control car is one possibility, while dispersing them among visible hull openings would have improved their firing arcs. Available books, photographs, and design descriptions report good fields of fire without providing a reliable plan of every position. The documented armament total is therefore firmer than any proposed arrangement of the guns.