Graf Zeppelin

Type:
Aircraft Carrier
Class:
Graf Zeppelin
Builder:
Deutsche Werk
Kiel, Germany
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
November 16, 1935
Launched:
December 8, 1938
Keel Laid:
December 28, 1936
Commissioned:


N/A
Fate:
Apr. 25, 1945 captured by the Soviet Army at Stettin, Germany (Szczecin, Poland).
Ship had been scuttled by her German crew. Raised and sunk as a target in the Baltic
Sea on Aug. 16, 1947 by the Soviet Navy. The exact location was unknown until the wreck
was located in 2006.


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Page published Oct. 16, 2009