📜 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.