OtherUS Los Angeles ZR 3
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Ring Laying July 1922 - Launched August 1924 - Commissioned 25 November 1924 - Decommissioned 30 June 1932 - Struck from Naval Register
24 October 1939 -
Broken up for scrap in 1941
Built in 1923–1924 by the Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen, Germany, as war reparation. It 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.
- USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3 Covers Page 1 (1924)
- USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3 Covers Page 2 (1925)
- USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3 Covers Page 3 (1930-1996)
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1924-10-15 |
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Delivery of ZR-3 |
Cover flown on the delivery flight from the Zeppelin Company works in Friedrichshafen, Germany, to NAS Lakehurst, NJ, of the US Navy Zeppelin airship USS Los Angeles (ZR-3, ex-D-LZ 126), October 12-15, 1924 (with backstamp overlay on image)
Courtesy of The Cooper Collection of Zeppelin Postal History
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1996-07-28 |
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40th National Convention Show Cancel |
Postmark features USS Los Angeles ZR-3
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1996-07-28 |
Cachet of USS California ACR-6 by Paul Nitchman, sponsored by USS Los Angeles Chapter No. 97, USCS
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c 1980 |
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Postcard |
Modern Postcard showing USS PATOKA AO-9 and USS Los Angeles ZR-3 off Panama in 1931. From the Tom Kean collection.
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