USS Los Angeles was a rigid airship built in Germany by the Zeppelin company, originally designated LZ 126 and delivered to the United States Navy in 1924 as part of war reparations following the First World War. Operated for roughly a decade primarily as a training and experimental airship rather than for combat or long-range patrol duty, it was used for extensive research into rigid airship handling, including experimental mooring to a specially fitted airship tender at sea, and it notably completed its Navy career without suffering a major accident, unlike several of its American-built contemporaries.
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SignificanceThe only US Navy rigid airship of its generation that did not meet a disastrous end, unlike Shenandoah, R38, Akron and Macon. 1 Manufacturer or BuilderThe Zeppelin company (Luftschiffbau Zeppelin), Friedrichshafen, Germany 1 Sources
1. USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) - Wikipedia
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She was delivered to the United States Navy in October 1924 and after being used mainly for experimental work, particularly in the development of the American parasite fighter program, was decommissioned in 1932.
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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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Unlike Shenandoah, R38, Akron, and Macon, the German-built Los Angeles was the only Navy rigid airship which did not meet a disastrous end.
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