In which US State did the Hindenburg Airship crash?
LZ 129 Hindenburg New Jersey at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey of its second season of service with the loss of 36 lives. This was the last of the great airship disasters; it was preceded by the crashes of the British R38 in 1921 (44 dead), the US airship "Roma" in 1922 (34 dead), the French "Dixmude" in 1923 (52 dead), the British R101 in 1930 (48 dead), and the US "Akron" in 1933 (73 dead). "Hindenburg" was named after the late Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934. The Zeppelin
Hindenburg-class airship largest civilian airship, with a length of and a width of , was the British R101, which was completed in 1929. The US Navy's "Akron" and "Macon" were long and wide. The design originally called for cabins for 50 passengers and a crew complement of 40. Construction of the first ship, LZ 129, later named "Hindenburg", began in 1931, but was suddenly stopped when Luftschiffbau Zeppelin went bankrupt. This led Eckener to make a deal with the Nazi Party which came to power in 1933. He needed money to build the airship, but in return he was forced to display