[LongElegantLegs]

Is this too modern for a GGG ping?

[SquirrelKing]

Funky.

Good post!

[wideawake]

Did the Soviets just scuttle it?

[gate2wire]

"The Graf Zeppelin was Germany's only aircraft carrier during World War II. It was launched on Dec. 8, 1938, but never saw action. After Germany's defeat in 1945, the Soviet Union took control of the ship..."

What am I missing. It never saw action? Launched in 38.

[chapin2500]

Some more history. Link

Hitler had promised the German Navy (The Kriegsmarine) carriers as early as 1935, and the keel was laid for the Graf Zepplin on December 26, 1936. The Graf Zeppelin was 920 feet long and weighed 19,250 tons. Her top speed was to be 33.8 knots. Her crew complement was 1,760 and she was to hangar forty aircraft. By comparison the large American Essex class carriers of WWII could carry 80 to 100 aircraft. The Germans got as far as partly installing the catapults when the ship was then turned into a floating warehouse for u-boat parts.

[Paleo Conservative]

The BBC also had a story on this.