Crash Site of the USS Shenandoah
The crash of the USS Shenandoah, the first rigid airship built in the US, signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

📜 Site where the USS Shenandoah, the first US rigid airship, crashed on September 3, 1925, in Southeast Ohio.
🔍 The disaster involved 14 fatalities and had significant consequences for American airship aviation, marking a turning point for dirigible aviation.

Why Go

✈️ Explore a significant historical aviation disaster site and learn about early US airship history.
📍 Visit multiple crash sites and memorials.
📖 Understand the impact on lighter-than-air flight and its challenges.

Why Avoid

😔 Somber atmosphere due to the tragic event.
⚠️ Wreckage was heavily looted after the crash, little physical legacy remains.
🚶 Some sites require a half-mile walk on wooded trails.

Tips

🅿️ Crash Site 3 is easily accessible on Route 78 near Sharon, Ohio.
🚶 Crash Site 2 requires a half-mile walk along a wooded trail.
📍 Memorial plaques are located in Ava, Ohio, and on Interstate 77 South.
🗺️ A map of the crash sites is displayed at the third site.

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