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Photo # NH 42031: Wreckage of USS Shenandoah's after section, circa 3 September 1925

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-- EVENTS -- The 1920s -- 1925

Loss of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925 (Part II)


This page features additional views related to the loss of Shenandoah (ZR-1), showing the after section of her wreckage.

For more pictures related to this event, see:

  • Loss of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 98997

    Crash of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925


    Wreckage of Shenandoah's after section, surrounded by sightseers and their automobiles, soon after the airship crashed in southern Ohio.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 133KB; 740 x 560 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42038

    Crash of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925


    Wreckage of the airship's after section, soon after she crashed in southeastern Ohio.
    Photographed by Dowling, Caldwell, Ohio.
    This view, taken from off the after section's port quarter, shows the port horizontal and upper vertical tail fins in the right center.

    Courtesy of Allan J. Drugan, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42033

    Crash of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925


    Wreckage of the airship's after section, taken soon after she crashed in southeastern Ohio.
    This view shows the port side horizontal tail fin, with the airship's name just below and in front of it.
    Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, 7 November 1940.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42026

    Crash of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925


    View of the wreckage of the airship's after section, soon after she crashed in southeastern Ohio.
    This view shows the after section's port side, forward of the tail fins.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42031

    Crash of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925


    The wrecked airship's after section, taken soon after she crashed in southeastern Ohio.
    This view looks aft along the port side of the after section, with the port horizontal tail fin in the distance.
    Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, 7 November 1940.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 122KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42039

    Crash of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925


    Wreckage of the airship's after section, soon after she crashed in southeastern Ohio.
    Photographed by Dowling, Caldwell, Ohio.
    This view looks directly aft from in front of the after section, with Shenandoah's top national star marking in right center.

    Courtesy of Allan J. Drugan, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42042

    Crash of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925


    Wreckage of the airship's after section, soon after she crashed in southeastern Ohio.
    Photographed by Dowling, Caldwell, Ohio.
    This view was taken from off the after section's starboard front end, with the tail at the left and the top national star marking at right.

    Courtesy of Allan J. Drugan, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42030

    Crash of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925


    The wrecked airship's after section, taken soon after she crashed in southeastern Ohio.
    This view shows the starboard forward part of the after section, with Shenandoah's top national star marking in left center and one of her five engine cars in the right foreground.
    Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, 7 November 1940.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 140KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42032

    Crash of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925


    Wreckage of the airship's after section, taken soon after she crashed in southeastern Ohio.
    This view shows the forward part of the after section's starboard side, with Shenandoah's top national star marking at right.
    Note the man at left, dragging a piece of the airship's structure.
    Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, 7 November 1940.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 126KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42040

    Crash of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925


    Wreckage of the airship's after section, soon after she crashed in southeastern Ohio.
    Photographed by Dowling, Caldwell, Ohio.
    This view shows the entire after section, from off the starboard side, with the remains of the tail fins at the left.
    Note the many automobiles and sightseers.

    Courtesy of Allan J. Drugan, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     

    For more pictures related to this event, see:

  • Loss of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 2 December 2002
    New image added 12 December 2003