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The German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin was the lead ship in a class of two carriers of the same name ordered by the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany.She was the only aircraft carrier launched by Germany and represented part of the Kriegsmarine ' s attempt to create a well-balanced oceangoing fleet, capable of projecting German naval power far beyond the narrow confines of the Baltic and North Seas.
Graf Zeppelin is launched, 8 December 1938.. After 1933, the Kriegsmarine began to examine the possibility of building an aircraft carrier. [1] Wilhelm Hadeler had been Assistant to the Professor of Naval Construction at the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin) for nine years when he was appointed to draft preliminary designs for an aircraft carrier in ...
Summary of the Graf Zeppelin class Ship Aircraft Displacement Propulsion Service Laid down Commissioned Fate Graf Zeppelin: 12 Bf 109 fighters 30 Ju 87 dive bombers [16] 33,550 long tons (34,088 t) [10] 4 shafts, 4 steam turbines, 33.8 kn (62.6 km/h; 38.9 mph) [6] 28 December 1936 [7] — Sunk as a target, 24 July 1947 [14] Flugzeugträger B
After flying for a few more years, it was retired to its hangar at Lakehurst until 1939 when it was struck off the Navy list and dismantled in its hangar. LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin: civilian 18 September 1928 Most successful airship in history; regular flights to North and South America; world tour in 1929, Arctic trip in 1931.
Pages in category "Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers (3 P) Pages in category "Aircraft carriers of the Kriegsmarine" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Light fleet carrier CATOBAR: 1943–1956 Graf Zeppelin German Navy: Graf Zeppelin: Fleet carrier — Launched 1938, never completed. Guadalcanal US Navy: CVE-60 Casablanca: Escort carrier CATOBAR: 1943–1946 Ex-Astrolabe Bay. Captured U-505: Hamlin US Navy: CVE-15 Bogue: Escort carrier 1942–1942 [notes 3] Became HMS Stalker: Hancock US Navy ...
Graf Zeppelin Kriegsmarine: Graf Zeppelin: fleet carrier: 23,200 launched 8 December 1938, not completed, scuttled 16 August 1947 [10] Guadalcanal United States Navy: Casablanca: escort carrier: 8,188 25 September 1943 decommissioned 15 July 1946, scrapped 1959 Hancock: Essex: fleet carrier: 27,100 15 April 1944 sold for scrap, 1 September 1976 ...