Graf Zeppelin
The DZR's fleet included not only the ex-DELAG LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin", but several newer and larger zeppelins, including the LZ 129 "Hindenburg" and LZ 130 "Graf Zeppelin II". Following the high-profile Hindenburg disaster on 6 May 1937, the fortunes of the zeppelin sharply declined. During 1938, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin was compelled to terminate Zeppelin manufacturing, while all operations of existing airships was ceased within two years. The frames of "Graf Zeppelin" and "Graf Zeppelin II", along with scrap material from the Hindenburg, were subsequently scrapped that same year for their materials, which were used to fulfil wartime demands for fixed-wing military aircraft for the "Luftwaffe".