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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Its true that the Germans laid the keel for an aircraft carrier, but it was never completed, nor were planes ever commissioned for it.
At the end of the war as the Soviets got close Karl Donitz who hated surface ships had it scuttled.
Eventually the Soviets towed the Zepplin back to Leningrad where it was used as target practice by the Soviets and sunk.
It was generally considered to be a very advanced design based around Japanese naval strategies and included a steam catapult. But Germany was more in love with submarines then surface naval assets.
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Yeah, it was about 90% done. Polish (I think) divers found it a couple of years ago on the bottom, which is how I heard about it. Every now and again I go to Google news and type in "Lost WWII found" and learn about cool aircraft and vessel finds.