KMS Graf Zeppelin
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Graf Zeppelin was one of two aircraft carriers ordered by
the German Kriegsmarine, and the only one ever launched.
She was delivered in 1938 with a size of 33.350
displ.tons. but the project was never finished due to
constant changes in the design and other delays. She was
in the Baltic sea until the end of world war two and to
avoid that she should fall in enemy hands, she was sunk by
German soldiers in Stettin in March 1945. In March 1947
the Soviet Union raised the wreck and later that same year
she was towed out and used as a target ship for the Soviet
navy and sunk. The wreck was found by a Polish research
vessel in July 2006 on a depth of 60 to 85 meter north of
Wladyslawowoin Poland.
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55° 31' 3" N , 18° 17' 9" E ( Source: Wraki Baltiku )  Picture: Graf Zeppelin in 1938 Naval Encyclopedia   Picture: Graf Zeppelin in 1947 Wikipedia, Public Domain Last updated: September 2019 |
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