Photo #: NH 82264
USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)
View of her interior, showing tanks for her gasoline fuel. Taken
while she was under construction inside the airship hangar at Naval
Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, 1923.
Note weight and capacity (113 gallons) markings on the fuel tanks,
details of her aluminum structure, and the narrow catwalk used
for crew movement inside the airship's hull.
Collection of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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