USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)

USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)
Los Angeles tied up to the mooring mast aboard the tender USS Patoka
Manufacturer	Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, Friedrichshafen
Construction number	LZ-126
Manufactured	July 1922 (Commenced) August 1924 (Launched)
Serial	ZR-3
In service	25 November 1924 (Commissioned) 30 June 1932 (Decommissioned) 24 October 1939 (Struck from Naval Register)
Fate	Broken up for scrap in 1939
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Los Angeles class rigid airship
Displacement	2,764,460 cu ft (78,280.8 m3)
Length	658 ft 4 in (200.7 m)
Beam	90 ft 8 in (27.6 m) (hull diameter)
Draft	104 ft 5 in (31.8 m) (height)
Installed power	400hp per engine
Propulsion	Five Maybach VL I 12-cyl water-cooled V-12 engines Two-bladed fixed-pitch, rotable wooden propellers
Speed	48 knots (89 km/h; 55 mph) (cruising) 65 knots (120 km/h; 75 mph) (maximum)
Range	5,770 nmi (10,690 km; 6,640 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	40

USS Los Angeles was a rigid airship, designated ZR-3, which was built in 1923–1924 by the Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen, Germany, as war reparations. She was delivered to the United States Navy in October 1924 and after being used mainly for experimental work, particularly in the development of the American parasite fighter program, was decommissioned in 1932.