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    USS Los Angeles was a rigid airship, designated ZR-3, which was built in 1923–1924 by the Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen, Germany, as war reparations...
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  • USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), an airship in commission from 1924 to 1932 USS Los Angeles (CA-135), a heavy cruiser in commission from 1945 to 1963 USS Los Angeles (SSN-688)...
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  • USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), an airship in commission from 1924 to 1932 USS Los Angeles (CA-135), a heavy cruiser in commission from 1945 to 1963 USS Los Angeles (SSN-688)...
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    USN personnel USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) - German-built as LZ 126, served 1924-39 (decommissioned 1932, and dismantled 1940) Akron class USS Akron (ZRS-4)...
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    them at the Pulham and Cardington airship stations. In the U.S., USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), used for prototype testing for the Akron and Macon airborne aircraft...
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  • the TC-3 and TC-7 non-rigid airships launched and recovered a Sperry Messenger biplane. Then in 1930, the US Navy fitted the USS Los Angeles with a trapeze...
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    TC-class blimp (redirect from Tc-3)
    better-known project in 1925 using rigid airships, the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), the USS Macon (ZRS-5) and the USS Akron (ZRS-4). Scott Field in St. Clair County...
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    provided as war reparations to the United States and served as the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) from 1924 until decommissioned in 1933. The structure was held...
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  • Graf Zeppelin II, and the U.S. Navy airships USS Los Angeles (ZR-3, ex-LZ 126), USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5). 2000 series were once the most...
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    and fly America's great dirigibles: the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), USS Macon (ZRS-5), and USS Akron (ZRS-4). Much of his collection...
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    Graf Zeppelin II, and the U.S. Navy airships USS Los Angeles (ZR-3, ex-LZ 126), USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5). Duralumin was used to manufacture...
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  • basketball player Los Angeles-class submarine, a boat class USS Los Angeles (ID-1470), a tanker in commission from 1917 to 1919 USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), an airship...
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    United States as a war reparation payment. The USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) shared Hangar No. 1 with the USS Shenandoah. The hangar also provided service and...
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    coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) USS Shenandoah at Airships.net: Photos and History history.navy.mil: USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) Naval Historical Center Article...
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    when the Vought VE-7 trainer made the first takeoff from the deck of the USS Langley, the first American aircraft carrier. Later came the VE-11 naval...
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    USS Patoka (AO–9/AV–6/AG–125) was a replenishment oiler made famous as a tender for the airships Shenandoah (ZR-1), Los Angeles (ZR-3) and Akron (ZRS-4)...
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    long-time flight instructor, and officer on the airships USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) and USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), Settle won the Litchfield Trophy in 1929 and 1931...
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    British R38, the US airship Roma, the French Dixmude, the USS Shenandoah, the British R101, and the USS Akron. The Zeppelin Company had proposed LZ 128 in 1929...
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    commanded the delivery flight, and the ship was commissioned as USS Los Angeles (ZR-3). The Treaty of Versailles placed limits on German aviation which...
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    governments to allow the company to build LZ 126, later rechristened the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), for the United States Navy as part of Germany's war reparations...
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  • 25 – A gust of wind catches the tail of the U.S. Navy dirigible USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) while she is moored to the high mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst...
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    and AG-125. Patoka served as tender for the airships USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) and USS Shenandoah (ZR-1). Sapelo (AO-11) Ramapo (AO-12). Ramapo encountered...
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    up in mid-air in severe weather, killing 14 members of its crew. USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) was a German airship built for the United States in 1924. The ship...
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    Since 1912. London: Putnam, 1976 (2nd ed.) ISBN 0851778380, p. 586 "USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), Airship 1923–1925 -Construction and Christening, 1922–1923". Naval...
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    approval and led to sales across 40 different countries, totaling almost 1.3 million units. During the 1960s, Knorr-Bremse started offering a newly-developed...
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  • Curtiss XF9C-1 prototype successfully docks with the dirigible USS Los Angeles (ZR-3). October 27 – The Detroit Aircraft Corporation files for bankruptcy...
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    US Navy as ZR-3 and commissioned as USS Los Angeles in November 1924. Owing to the scarcity of helium, upon its commissioning, Los Angeles utilised gas...
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    Shenandoah (ZR-1) ZR-2 – reserved but never commissioned USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) USS Akron (ZRS-4) USS Macon (ZRS-5) ZNN-G – redesignated ZTG in 1947 ZNN-L...
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  • 25 – The dirigible LZ 126 is commissioned into the U.S. Navy as USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) at Naval Air Station Anacostia in Washington, D.C. December 12...
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  • standards for aircraft. July 3 Lieutenant A. W. Gordon hooks a Vought UO-1 onto the United States Navy airship USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) in successful parasite...
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