Talk:USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)

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Comment

I've revised the format of the page a little and deleted some redundant information. I've also added subheadings to the article. I believe the basis for the design of the Shenandoah was the L-49, not the L-39, as previously stated in this article. (The National Geographic article referenced at the bottom of the page states this.) Logawi 00:54, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

Wht does the article uses the "she" pronoun?

Ships always use the pronoun "she" instead of using "it".--Joebengo 03:07, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

However, the usage is not consistent. I am therefore changing to use "it" (in place of the "shes") throughout.--Spray787 (talk) 21:36, 3 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Uncited attribution and speculation

The survival of the 29 survivors has been attributed to the fact that the airship contained helium, which does not react chemically with air.

I tagged the above sentence from the "Wreck of the Shenandoah" section with {{Fact}} because it requires a cite to know who is doing the attributing. Furthermore, the attribution makes little sense as the proportion of deaths was about the same as for the LZ 129, so helium versus hydrogen could not be the relevant factor.

Likewise, I tagged the following sentence with Fact (maybe I should have used OR) because it speculates without citing who is speculating. Not all hydrogen airships catch fire on crashing, in fact I would speculate (but not put it into the article) that less than half do. See List of Zeppelins.

If hydrogen had been used, the ship probably would have burned - as the LZ 129 Hindenburg would twelve years later

-84user (talk) 19:50, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Style question

Shouldn't {died in crash of USS Akron} with brackets be better (died in crash of USS Akron) with parentheses? 75.216.40.75 (talk) 23:41, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OoP artifact visible within an inline photo used for this article.

"Photos of downed "Type U" Zeppelin L 49, basis for the Shenandoah"

The article used that browned photo, where a woman is seen in the lower part using an iPad. More likely a photoshopped prank than actual proof of time-travel? 80.99.11.157 (talk) 11:36, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note:

"Two schools of thought developed about the cause of the crash." ... but then it only describes one theory; what's the second school of thought? 207.161.30.26 (talk) 23:58, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Adding film clips

Which of these film clips do you prefer to add as external links to the article?

Mooring. Hangar and repairs, 1924. British Pathé
Flight, 1924. British Pathé
Wreck, 1925. Reuters/British Pathé
Wreck, 1925. British Pathé

Which other clips would you add? TGCP (talk) 20:05, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Photo cleanup

@Jay D. Easy I took a stab at cleaning up a few crufty photos - the odd newspaper photo of L49, a low quality test run, Mrs Denby (not a great photo of her pulling a string), and the commander disembarking (also not a great photo), and moved the modern-day crash site 1 photo to the memorial section, but it'd be nice to get a better one for that as well. I'm comfortable with what is left, but any others you suggest we can do without? Strangerpete (talk) 02:16, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]