Photo #: NH 52770
USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)
Five of the airship's officers, all of whom were killed when
she crashed on 3 September 1925.
Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken at Naval Air Station
Lakehurst, New Jersey, some time prior to the tragedy, and published
in the "Evening Star", Washington, D.C., Friday, 4
September 1925.
Those present are (left to right);
Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne, Commanding Officer;
Lieutenant Commander Lewis Hancock, Jr., Executive Officer;
Lieutenant John B. Lawrence;
Lieutenant Arthur R. Houghton; and
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edgar W. Sheppard.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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