Lakehurst Hangar No. 1 - Wikipedia
Hangar No. 1 is an airship hangar located at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. It was the intended destination of the rigid airship LZ 129 Hindenburg prior to the Hindenburg disaster on May 6, 1937, when it burned while landing.
Hangar No. 1 Lakehurst Naval Air Station - U.S. National Park Service
A change in public opinion occurred in 1937, when the German Zeppelin Hindenburg, the largest airship ever built, burst into flames at Lakehurst. Thirty-six passengers died and the crash of the Hindenburg marked the end of commercial airship travel and the end of experimentation with hydrogen as a lifting device.
The Navy’s Giant Hangar That Housed The Hindenburg Hides A …
Jan 18, 2018 · Anchoring the base and its then high-tech mission was the absolutely massive Hangar 1, a structure that once housed the Hindenburg and stood vigil across a grass field during that famous airship’s notoriously catastrophic demise.
Hangars - Navy Lakehurst Historical Society
One housed every active American rigid airship (Shenandoah, Los Angeles, Akron and Macon), 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 …
Navy Lakehurst Historical Society
Although Navy Lakehurst will forever be remembered as the site of the Hindenburg disaster, many other significant events have taken place here. The rigid airships (ZRS 1) Shenandoah ( erected in Hangar #1), (ZRS-3)Los Angeles , (ZRS-4)Akron and (ZRS-5) Macon all called the station home, as did many U.S. Navy blimps.
Lakehurst Naval Air Station: An inside look at the aviation hub that ...
Jun 28, 2022 · The Hindenburg: A Fiery Fate Germany’s prized dirigible, the Hindenburg, was the largest ever to have been constructed by the German Zeppelin Co. Lakehurst NAS was the only airbase suited to serve as a port for rigid airships in the United States.
See inside New Jersey's hidden Hindenburg museum - WHYY
May 4, 2017 · The German-built zeppelin Hindenburg is shown from behind, with the Swastika symbol on its tail wing, as the dirigible is partially enclosed by its hangar at the U.S. Navy Air Station in Lakehurst, N.J., May 9, 1936.
Lakehurst Naval Air Station Hangar 1 | The Center for Land Use ...
The Lakehurst portion, now a Naval Air Warfare Center, has six blimp hangars, the largest collection in the nation. The largest, Hangar 1, was the first large blimp hangar in the USA. It was built to construct the USS Shenandoah, the largest American-made airship at the time.
Tour the historic Hindenburg hangar and crash site in ... - Newsday
Jan 11, 2025 · Lakehurst was “the only place the Hindenburg could go” because it had a hangar where airships like the 804-foot-long dirigible could be repaired, noted historical society volunteer Kevin Mulligan.
But everything changed 75 years ago this May, when the Hindenburg, the largest airship of its day, caught fire and burned while landing at Lakehurst, killing 36 people in a catastrophe captured on film and seen all over the world.