USS Saratoga Military Photographer
USS Los Angeles, First Airship to Land at Sea on Aircraft Carrier
At Sea, Deck of USS Saratoga, 28 January 1928
Vintage silver print, 240x180 mm, caption, pencil, verso : Aviation - Dirigible Los Angeles made foot to deck of USS Saratoga, airplane carrier, date stamp, verso
ZR-3, USS Los Angeles, was a zeppelin built in Germany for the United States Navy as part of a reparations payment. Her landing onboard the USS Saratoga on 28 January 1928 was a one-time event and as far as I know the only airship landing on a carrier.
