洛杉磯號飛船

洛杉磯號飛船（）是一艘剛性飛船，編號為ZR-3，由齊柏林飛艇公司於1923年至1924年在德國腓特烈港建造，以作為戰爭賠款。它於1924年10月交付美國海軍，主要用於實驗工作，特別是美國寄生機計畫的開發。它於1932年退役。

參考資料

• Althoff, William F. Sky Ships. New York: Orion Books, 1990. .
• Althoff, William F. [https://books.google.it/books?id=Tsur8_aYdlwC&pg=PA34 USS Los Angeles: The Navy's Venerable Airship and Aviation Technology.] Dulles, Virginia: Brassey's, 2004. .
• Hart, Larry. Pictures From the Past: A Schenectady Album. Schenectady, New York: Old Dorp Books, 1992. .
• Provan, John. LZ-127 "Graf Zeppelin": The story of an Airship, vol. 1 & vol. 2 (Amazon Kindle ebook). Pueblo, Colorado: Luftschiff Zeppelin Collection, 2011.
• Robinson, Douglas H., and Charles L. Keller. "Up Ship!": U.S. Navy Rigid Airships 1919–1935. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1982. .

外部連結

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090207202224/http://www.airships.net/navy-airship-zeppelin-los-angeles Photo gallery of USS Los Angeles]
• [http://www.ezep.de/index.html eZEP.de] – a dedicated web portal for Zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia
• [http://www.ezep.de/zsg/zsg.html Zeppelin Study Group] – a research group for airship memorabilia and Zeppelin mail
• [http://www.nlhs.com/uss-los-angeles.html USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)] – page at Navy Lakehurst Historical Society
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20051228084056/http://www.nlhs.com/images/la-album/la18.jpg Picture of the 25 August 1927 nose stand]
• [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l8/los_angeles-i.htm DANFS article on Los Angeles (ZR-3)]
• [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/ac-usn22/z-types/zr3.htm Photo gallery] at Naval Historical Center
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFc3oZ6Rh7w 1925 eclipse footage shot from ship]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=zigDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71 "Queen of Dirigibles Ready for U.S."] May 1924, Popular Science Monthly excellent drawing showing size comparison between earlier dirigibles and battleships
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=HCoDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA2&pg=PA40#v=onepage&q&f=false "Flying with an Airship Captain"] Mar 1930, Popular Science Monthly Article detailing the operation of Los Angeles