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United States Navy - USS Shenandoah - ZR-1
United States Navy - USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the first of four United States Navy rigid airships overflying a city. 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. Date: circa 1924
Media ID 21131223
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1922 1923 57th Airship Airships Constructed Crossing Destroyed Developed Experience Flew Lakehurst Navys Ohio Overflying Rigid Shenandoah Squall
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