Nazi aircraft carrier "Graf Zeppelin found?

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Nazi aircraft carrier "Graf Zeppelin found?

Post by theToyFederation » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:02 am

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Re: Nazi aircraft carrier "Graf Zeppelin found?

Post by Wieslaw » Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:49 pm

theToyFederation wrote:pretty cool if true
It's true. It was confirmed today in our TV. I wonder, if it is really impossible to pull it out of the water :?: The ship could be one of the greatest military attraction in Poland (but not Polish :? ).
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Post by KAMIKAZE » Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:43 pm

If I'm not mistaken, I think the Russians had stuffed it with Type XXI submarine sections and other war booty before they attempted to tow it home. I would rather raise this ship than the Titanic. Do you know if it is in one piece.

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Post by Wieslaw » Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:09 pm

KAMIKAZE wrote:If I'm not mistaken, I think the Russians had stuffed it with Type XXI submarine sections and other war booty before they attempted to tow it home. I would rather raise this ship than the Titanic. Do you know if it is in one piece.

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Post by tmanthegreat » Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:00 pm

Very cool find! Its a wonder Germany didn't ever use it in battle, especially during the early years of the war when its navy had some degree of autonomy. Aircraft carriers, obviouly, were not a priority for Hitler, he instead being seduce by the more romantic image of the powerful (if impractical) battleship. That's not to say that he didn't plan on building carriers, only that most of the ideas were given target dates for 1946...

From the sound of it, the Graff Zepplin is in pretty deep water as the Polish exploration team was having to use ROVs to examine it. Given that its been underwater for 60 years the wreck would invariably be too fragile to pull up, in addition to it being too massive.

There is a model kit of the Graff Zepplin (as it would have appeared when operational) made by the Revell company. I've only seen it for sale in Europe, but it could also be avaliable in the US. This is the box art:

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Post by kevrut » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:04 pm

I have never heard of a German carrier before today. Huh,... you learn something new every day. :roll:

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Post by RED » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:03 am

KAMIKAZE---What kind of War Booty was on the ship????---RED---
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Post by VMF115 » Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:23 am

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Post by VMF115 » Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:27 am

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Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Let me hear your guns!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his airplane's guns] AHHHH!

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Post by kevrut » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:50 am

Thanks VMF.

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Post by KAMIKAZE » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:00 pm

To answer your question Red. Everthing the Russians could stuff into her from the local area (tech wise) that Russia though might aid her in the post war era. There was also a second carrier that was planned but it was cancelled much earlier in the program.

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Post by VMF115 » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:52 pm

kevrut wrote:Thanks VMF.
Your welcome kevrut :D
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Post by demonclaw » Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:22 am

tmanthegreat wrote:Very cool find! Its a wonder Germany didn't ever use it in battle, especially during the early years of the war when its navy had some degree of autonomy. Aircraft carriers, obviouly, were not a priority for Hitler, he instead being seduce by the more romantic image of the powerful (if impractical) battleship. That's not to say that he didn't plan on building carriers, only that most of the ideas were given target dates for 1946...



You can thank Göring for that


"Though Raeder continued to assure Hitler that the carriers would be built, the Admiral's war with Göring had no truce and became increasingly bitter. Göring showed his contempt for the naval air arm by informing Hitler and Raeder that the aircraft ordered for Graf Zeppelin could not be available until the end of 1944. Göring's delaying tactics worked."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_air ... f_Zeppelin

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