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Photo # NH 789: Officers attached to USS Shenandoah, 1923

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USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), Airship 1923-1925 -- Miscellaneous Views


This page features miscellaneous views related to USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)

For other images related to USS Shenandoah, see:

  • USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), Airship 1923-1925.


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

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    Photo #: NH 789

    USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)


    Officers assigned to the airship, photographed at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, in 1923.
    Those present are identified in Photo # NH 789 (complete caption).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 85128

    Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne, USN
    ,
    Commanding Officer, USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)

    In the airship's control car, laying out a course. Photographed at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, June 1924
    Note the engine order telegraphs and other instruments.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42035

    USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)


    "Crowds dispersing after launching of ZR-1" (original caption).
    Those present appear to all be Sailors, most dressed in "Whites", but some in "Blues". A few are waving at the camera. These may be ground handlers at the time of Shenandoah's first flight, on 4 September 1923, or after her christening on 10 October 1923. Both events took place at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 164KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 3019

    USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)


    Model on exhibit in a museum, probably prior to World War II. It depicts the battleship in her original configuration, as completed in 1916.
    Other artifacts present include a somewhat damaged model of the airship Shenandoah (ZR-1), overhead, and examples of marine boilers and engines, in the background.

    Donation of Mrs. E. Martin.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 127KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     


    In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other miscellaneous view related to USS Shenandoah (ZR-1). The following list features this image:

    The image listed below is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
    DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • Photo #: 80-G-1034808
    Sailors at the Naval Training Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia, form a "human dirigible" in honor of the airship Shenandoah (ZR-1), circa 1923-1925.
    Aerial view, showing the men in formation, with those in white uniforms forming the hull, fins and cars of the airships. Men in blue uniforms within the "hull" form the letters: "U.S. NAVY ZR1".

    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • For other images related to USS Shenandoah, see:

  • USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), Airship 1923-1925.


    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 14 December 2002