What You Need to Know: The German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin is often cited as one of the worst aircraft carriers in history. Designed by Deutsche Werke, it was launched ...

Aircraft carriers were a centerpiece in Germany's pre-war naval rearmament program. Officially known as Plan Z, it called for a Kriegsmarine centered on a force of four aircraft carriers and 10 ...

And while German crowds howled their hochs at the Graf Zeppelin’s safe, record-breaking return, General Kincaid growled his grouch at U. S. aviation. He had attended the recent International ...

Between 1931 and 1937 the Graf Zeppelin crossed the South Atlantic 136 times. The trips took about four days in each direction, and a one-way ticket was about $400, which translates to about ...

They are: the pocket battleship Lutzow, the 26,000-ton battleship Scharnhorst, the never-in-action aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, the three light cruisers Nurnberg, Leipzig and Emden.* ...

With German Zeppelins dominating the skies, Britain launched the unthinkable—WW1’s first aircraft carrier strike. Armed with Sopwith Camels and no way to land, this was a one-way mission into ...

The Graf Zeppelin, a German blimp, left New Jersey on Aug. 8, 1929, to make history. People paid about $3,000 to be a passenger.