USS Los Angeles
Type: | Hydrogen-filled Rigid Airship |
Role: | Observatory Airship |
Top speed: | 55 mph / 89 kph |
Range: | 6,640 mi / 10,690 km |
Volume: | 2,784,460 ft3 / 78,280 m3 |
Length: | 658' 4" / 200.7 m |
Diameter: | 90' 8" / 27.6 m |
Engine Type: | 5 Maybach VL-1 12-cylinder Water-cooled V-12 Engines |
Crew: | 40 |
Designer(s): | Ludwig Dürr |
Manufacturer: | Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, Friedrichshafen |
Number Manufactured: | 1 |
Country of Origin: | Germany |
First Flight: | August 27, 1924 |
Retired | October 24, 1939 |