• A partial view of a photograph of the entire crew of the USS Shenandoah in April 1924. A row of men sit posed in front of the camera with two rows of men standing behind them.
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    Traveling on an airship meant traveling light. The ship’s weight had to be carefully balanced so that proper buoyancy could be maintained. Not even someone as high-ranking as Rear Admiral Moffet got an exception. Moffet wrote:

    "Before boarding the Shenandoah, I found that every effort had been made to save weight; that is to say, to take no unnecessary articles aboard. Even the officers carried only a small cotton bag about half the size of a suitcase, and though I had taken a suitcase with me, I left about half my baggage at Lakehurst."

    Pictured: the crew of the USS Shenandoah in April 1924.

  • A partial view of a photograph of the entire crew of the USS Shenandoah in April 1924. A row of men sit posed in front of the camera with two rows of men standing behind them.

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