KMS Graf Zeppelin
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Graf Zeppelin was one of two aircraft carriers ordered by
the German Kriegsmarine, and the only one that was ever
launched. She was laid down by Deutsche Werke in Kiel in
December 1938, and was launched in December 1938. But the
project was never finished due to constant changes in the
design and
shifting construction priorities. She was in the Baltic
Sea until the end of world war two, and to avoid that she
should fall in Soviet hands, she was deliberately scuttled
by German soldiers outside Stettin March 1945. Two years
later the Soviet Union raised the submerged wreck and
later that same year towed her out to sea and used her as
a target ship for the Soviet navy. The wreck was found by
the Polish research and survey vessel St. Barbara in July
2006. The wreck rest today on her keel on a depth of 60 to
85 meter about 30 nautical miles north of Wladyslawowo.
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55° 31' 3" N , 18° 17' 9" E ( Source: Wraki Baltiku )  Picture: Graf Zeppelin in 1947 Courtesy of Naval Encyclopedia Last updated: December 2020 |
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