Graf Zeppelin

Scuttled

Type	Aircraft carrier
War	Second World War
Main guns	16 × 5.9″ guns

Germany's only aircraft carrier, launched in 1938 but never finished; work stopped and started as the navy and Göring's Luftwaffe argued over her aircraft. Scuttled at Stettin in 1945, she was raised by the Soviets and sunk as a target in the Baltic in 1947. Her wreck was found in 2006.

The German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin after launching in December 1938. Photo: U.S. Navy (A503 FM30-50 booklet for identification of ships, published by the Division of Naval Inteligence of the Navy Department of the United States), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

16 × 15 cm SK C/28 guns
12 × 10.5 cm SK C/33 guns
22 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 guns
28 × 2 cm FlaK guns

Armour

Belt: 100 mm (3.9 in)
Flight deck: 45 mm (1.8 in)
Main deck: 60 mm (2.4 in)

Builder	Deutsche Werke, Kiel Shipyards
Laid down	28 December 1936
Launched	8 December 1938
Displacement	33,550 long tons (34,088 t) (full load)
Length	262.5 m (861 ft 3 in)
Speed	33.8 knots (62.6 km/h; 38.9 mph)
Complement	1,720

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

8 December 1938

Fate

Scuttled

Sunk as a target ship on 16 August 1947