Graf Zeppelin was not completed and was never operational due to shifting construction priorities necessitated by the war. Named in honor of Graf (Count) Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the ship was launched on 8 December 1938, and was 85% complete by the outbreak of World War II in September 1939. The carrier would have had a complement of 42 fighters and dive bombers.Ĭonstruction on Graf Zeppelin began on 28 December 1936, when her keel was laid down at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel. She was the only aircraft carrier launched by Germany and represented part of the Kriegsmarine 's attempt to create a well-balanced oceangoing fleet, capable of projecting German naval power far beyond the narrow confines of the Baltic and North Seas. The German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin was the lead ship in a class of two carriers of the same name ordered by the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany. 1939 proposal: 12 fighters & 30 dive bombers.1930 proposal: 30 fighters & 12 dive bombers.Graf Zeppelin after her launching on 8 December 1938Ĩ,000 nmi (15,000 km 9,200 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h 22 mph)
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