![]() ![]() Note: Concerning points 1 and 2, as we are well aware these things did not go as planned. At the time it was intended for Graf Zeppelin to operate with German battleships also stationed in Norwegian waters. This information is provided by two entries in the War Diary of the Sea War Command (KTB der Skl), first on June/28/1942 and then on October/1/1942. Or, alternatively, she could also be sent to Altafjord instead. Though obviously never seeing action in reality, Kriegsmarine players are afforded new tactical options in Victory at Sea with the opportunity to include this carrier in their fleet.This is basically going to be a big info dump detailing the modifications and changes made to the Graf Zeppelin design by the time work resumed on her in 1942.ġ: When work on Graf Zeppelin was resumed on May/13/1942 she was scheduled for commissioning on April/1/1943 and was to be ready for operations sometime between December/1943 and Early Spring/1944.Ģ: After the ship is declared ready for operations she was to be stationed in Faettenfjord near Trondheim. The Carrier was captured by the Soviet Union at the end of the war, and was sunk as a target ship in 1947. The Graf Zeppelin was almost completed in 1943 but Hitler, disappointed with the Kriegsmarine, halted all surface fleet construction. However, with the role of the carrier proving itself in the Battle of Taranto, in the sinking of the Bismarck and at Pearl Harbour and Midway prompted construction to briefly continue. Construction on the ship that would eventually be christened Graf Zeppelin was eventually halted in 1940. ![]() ![]() Whilst four aircraft carriers of the class had originally been planned, constant in-fighting between the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe, as well as a priority on the building of U-Boats hampered their construction, with the planned four carriers quickly reduced to two. Though laid down and launched before the start of the war, the Graf Zeppelin was never completed or commissioned, and it never saw action. ![]()
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