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NH 52770 USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)

Photo #: NH 52770 USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)
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Description: Five of the airship's officers, all of whom were killed when she crashed on 3 September 1925. Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, some time prior to the tragedy, and published in the Evening Star, Washington, D.C., Friday, 4 September 1925. Those present are (left to right); Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne, Commanding Officer; Lieutenant Commander Lewis Hancock, Jr., Executive Officer; Lieutenant John B. Lawrence; Lieutenant Arthur R. Houghton; and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edgar W. Sheppard. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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