Hangar One
USA /
New Jersey /
Lakehurst /
World
/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ Lakehurst
World / United States / New Jersey
aircraft hangar, historic landmark
Constructed in 1921, Hangar One was used to construct and house the rigid airship USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) because it was the largest hangar at NAS Lakehurst.
Hangar One housed every active American rigid airship (USS Shenandoah, USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5)), the Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg, several Army airships (including the semi-rigid airship, RS-1 in July 1927) and every type of non-rigid airship constructed for the Navy from 1922 to 1960. Hangar One housed the Navy's last rigid airship (Los Angeles), which made its last flight 26 June 1932, and was the subject of mooring tests as late as 1937. To house larger rigid airships, it was once proposed that the sliding doors be replaced with the orange-peel or clam-shell type doors of the Goodyear-Zeppelin design. This change would have provided additional length at each end of the hangar.
Los Angeles was dismantled in the hangar by January 1940. After 1940, the hangar was used exclusively for non-rigid airships. Due to changes over the years, only the west doors have been used since the time of the Los Angeles, except during World War II field construction in 1942.
Hangar 1 has 211,000 square feet of floor space, with interior dimensions of 807' x 262', by 224' high. It is registered as a National Historic Monument and is now used by the US Navy for carrier deck training with a 1/4 scale deck inside.
www.nlhs.com/hangarno.htm
www.airfields-freeman.com/NJ/Airfields_NJ_E.htm
Hangar One housed every active American rigid airship (USS Shenandoah, USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5)), the Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg, several Army airships (including the semi-rigid airship, RS-1 in July 1927) and every type of non-rigid airship constructed for the Navy from 1922 to 1960. Hangar One housed the Navy's last rigid airship (Los Angeles), which made its last flight 26 June 1932, and was the subject of mooring tests as late as 1937. To house larger rigid airships, it was once proposed that the sliding doors be replaced with the orange-peel or clam-shell type doors of the Goodyear-Zeppelin design. This change would have provided additional length at each end of the hangar.
Los Angeles was dismantled in the hangar by January 1940. After 1940, the hangar was used exclusively for non-rigid airships. Due to changes over the years, only the west doors have been used since the time of the Los Angeles, except during World War II field construction in 1942.
Hangar 1 has 211,000 square feet of floor space, with interior dimensions of 807' x 262', by 224' high. It is registered as a National Historic Monument and is now used by the US Navy for carrier deck training with a 1/4 scale deck inside.
www.nlhs.com/hangarno.htm
www.airfields-freeman.com/NJ/Airfields_NJ_E.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakehurst_Naval_Air_Station
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Coordinates: 40°1'43"N 74°18'57"W
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