page_title: Lakehurst Hangar No. 1
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: Lakehurst Hangar No. 1 / Operations
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. "Zwei gute Freunde". Z.R.3 rechts und Shenandoah links in der Marine-Luftschiffhalle in Lakehurst. An Hand dieses Bildes kann man sich die riesige Größe der Luftschiffhalle in Lakehurst vorstellen.
context_page_description: Hangar No. 1 is an airship hangar located at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. It was the intended destination of the rigid airship LZ 129 Hindenburg prior to the Hindenburg disaster on May 6, 1937, when it burned while landing. Built in 1921, it is one of the oldest surviving structures associated with that period's development of lighter-than-air flight. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1968.
context_section_description: The hangar was used to construct the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) from 1922 to 1923.  On September 4, 1923, the ship made a brief maiden flight in the vicinity of Lakehurst and was christened on October 10, 1923. In 1924 the US Navy obtained its second rigid airship built in Germany and delivered to the United States as a war reparation payment. The  USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)  shared Hangar No. 1 with the USS Shenandoah. The hangar also provided service and storage for other airships including the Graf Zeppelin (LZ 127), USS Macon (ZRS-5), USS Akron (ZRS-4) as well as the German LZ 129 Hindenburg during its transatlantic flights.
  Today the hangar holds a mock aircraft carrier flight deck, used as a training facility for aircraft carrier flight deck personnel.
  The East Coast Indoor Modelers club, a chartered club within the auspices of the United States' official aeromodeling organization, the Academy of Model Aeronautics, has been allowed to use the hangar since 1926 to fly indoor free flight model aircraft, these self-powered aircraft models benefit from the large wind-free open space of the hangar.
  Since 1994, Ocean County Vocational Technical School has operated its Career & Technical Institute in the hangar, the institute offers adult tech programs in aviation and electronic technologies.
  In addition to Hangar No. 1 there are five other airship hangars at Lakehurst, which today are used for training, testing and storage.
caption: Shenandoah (left) and Los Angeles moored in Hangar No. 1 in 1924
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