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==Crash of ''Shenandoah''==
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On 2 September 1925, ''Shenandoah'' departed Lakehurst on a promotional flight to the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] that would include flyovers of 40 cities and visits to [[state fair]]s. Testing of a new mooring mast at [[Dearborn, Michigan]], was included in the schedule. While passing through an area of thunderstorms and turbulence over [[Ohio]] early in the morning of 3 September, during its 57th flight,<ref name="p67"/> the ''Shenandoah'' was caught in a violent updraft that carried the ship beyond the pressure limits of its gas bags. The turbulence tore the airship apart, and it crashed in three main pieces near [[Caldwell, Ohio]]. Fourteen crew members, including Commander [[Zachary Lansdowne]], were killed. Lansdowne and eight crew members in the control car (except for Lieutenant Anderson, who escaped) died when the car detached and fell from the airship; two men died after falling through holes in the hull; and four mechanics who fell with the engines were killed. There were twenty-nine survivors, who succeeded in riding the three sections of the airship to earth. The largest group was eighteen men who made it out of the stern after it rolled into a valley. Four others survived a crash landing of the central section. The remaining seven were in the bow section which Commander (later Vice Admiral) [[Charles E. Rosendahl]] managed to navigate as a free balloon. In this group was Anderson who—until he was roped in by the others—straddled the catwalk over a large hole.

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| caption3  = Front section of ''Shenandoah'' at Crash Site No 3

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The ''Shenandoah'' Crash Sites are located in the hillsides of [[Noble County, Ohio|Noble County]]. Site No. 1, in [[Buffalo Township, Ohio|Buffalo Township]], surrounded the Gamary farmhouse, which lay beneath the initial break-up. An early fieldstone and a second, recent granite marker identifies where Commander Lansdowne's body was found. Site No. 2 (where the stern came to rest) is {{convert|1/2|mi|spell=in}} southwest of Site No. 1 across [[Interstate 77]] in [[Noble Township, Noble County, Ohio|Noble Township]]. The rough outline of the stern is marked with a series of concrete blocks, and a sign marking the site is visible from the freeway. Site No. 3 is approximately {{convert|6|mi|spell=in}} southwest in [[Sharon Township, Noble County, Ohio|Sharon Township]] at the northern edge of [[Ohio State Route 78|State Route 78]] on the part of the old Nichols farm where the nose of ''Shenandoah''{{'}}s bow was secured to trees. Although the trees have been cut down, a semi-circular gravel drive surrounds their stumps and a small granite marker commemorates the crash. The Nichols house was later destroyed by fire.<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/articles/shenandoah-crash-sites.htm Shenandoah Crash Sites], [[National Park Service]], n.d.  Retrieved 5 August 2012</ref>

Among the survivors was [[Frederick J. Tobin]], who later commanded the Navy landing party for the arrival of the zeppelin [[LZ 129 Hindenburg|''Hindenburg'']] on May 6, 1937, when the airship [[Hindenburg disaster|exploded into flames]], and led rescue operations in response.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hindenburg Disaster |url=https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/ |website=Airships.net |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref>