United States Navy - USS Shenandoah - ZR-1
United States Navy - USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the first of four United States Navy rigid airships, rear central engine gondola. Shenandoah was constructed during 1922-1923 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, and first flew in September 1923. It developed the U.S. Navys experience with rigid airships and made the first crossing of North America by airship. On the 57th flight, Shenandoah was destroyed in a squall line over Ohio in September 1925
Picture No
13156598
Media ID
47774875
Size
5433px x 4149px
(3.1MB)
Credit
(c) The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans
Source
unattributed photographer - scanned from an original print
Date
circa 1924
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