History
Name:Graf Zeppelin
Namesake:Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Builder:Deutsche Werke
Laid down:28 December 1936
Launched:8 December 1938
Fate:Sunk as a target ship on 16 August 1947
General characteristics
Class and type:Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:33,550 long tons (34,088.4 t) (full load)
Length:262.5 m (861 ft 2.6 in)
Beam:36.2 m (118 ft 9.2 in)
Draft:8.5 m (27 ft 10.6 in)
Installed power:200,000 shaft horsepower (149,140.0 kW)
Propulsion:4 geared turbines
Speed:33.8 kn (62.6 km/h; 38.9 mph)
Range:8,000 nmi (14,816.0 km; 9,206.2 mi) at 19 kn (35.2 km/h; 21.9 mph)
Complement:1,720
Armament:
  • 16 × 15 cm SK C/28 guns
  • 12 × 10.5 cm SK C/33 guns
  • 22 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 guns
  • 28 × 2 cm FlaK guns
Armor:
  • Belt: 100 mm (3.9 in)
  • Flight deck: 45 mm (1.8 in)
  • Main deck: 60 mm (2.4 in)
Aircraft carried:
  • Proposed complement of 42
  • 1930 proposal: 30 fighters & 12 dive bombers
  • 1939 proposal: 12 fighters & 30 dive bombers