OtherUS Los Angeles ZR 3

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

  1. USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3
    2. 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.

Naval Covers

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

  1. USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3 Covers Page 1 (1924)
  2. USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3 Covers Page 2 (1925)
  3. USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3 Covers Page 3 (1930-1996)


 

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N/A

1924-07-09
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924, New York NY 15


 

N/A

1924-07-17
Hand Cancel
Stuttgart, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924, New York NY 15


 

N/A

1924-07-19
Hand Cancel
Lorrach, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924, New York NY 15


 

N/A

1924-08-21
Hand Cancel
Leipzig, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924, New York NY 15


 

N/A

1924-08-24
Hand Cancel
Dresden, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924, New York NY 15


 

N/A

N/A

1924-08-25
Machine Cancel
Stuttgart, Germany

Flight cover

To Fargo North Dakota


 

N/A

1924-08-28
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924, New York NY 15


 

N/A

1924-08-28
Hand Cancel
Dresden, Germany

Flight cover

Duplex Cancel (6) on the back dated 15 Oct 1924, New York NY


 

N/A

1924-08-30
Hand Cancel
Mengen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924, New York NY 15


 

N/A

1924-09-08
Hand Cancel
Zwickau, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924, New York NY 15


 

N/A

1924-09-09
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924, Varick St. Sta NY 2


 

N/A

1924-09-09
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Note:


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Note:


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 13


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD Sta E., Red, boxed, Flight Statistics marking also.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD Sta E., Red, boxed, Flight Statistics marking also.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD Sta E., Red, boxed, Flight Statistics marking also.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD Sta E., Red, boxed, Flight Statistics marking also.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15, Duplex Cancel (6) dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD Sta E., Red, boxed, Flight Statistics marking also.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Duplex Cancel (6) dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD Sta E., Red, boxed, Flight Statistics marking also.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Duplex Cancel (6) dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD Sta E., Red, boxed, Flight Statistics marking also.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD Sta E., Red, boxed, Flight Statistics marking also.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Duplex Cancel (6) dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD Sta E., Red, boxed, Flight Statistics marking also.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD Sta E., Red, boxed, Flight Statistics marking also.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Munchen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD Sta E., Red, boxed, Flight Statistics marking also.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD Sta E., Red, boxed, Flight Statistics marking also.


 

N/A

1924-09-15
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD, Hand cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 Brooklyn NY RECD Sta E., Red, boxed, Flight Statistics marking also.


 

N/A

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover (Postcard)

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15.


 

N/A

1924-10-10
Hand Cancel
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Flight cover

Machine Cancel on the back dated 15 Oct 1924 New York NY 15 and Machine Cancel dated 15 Oct 1924 New Kensington PA.


 

N/A

N/A

1924-10-15
German Postmark

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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