Show t I t Big Big- Airship Laid Up After covering some miles in separate flights with with- without without o out ut a serious accident during her eight e ight years in service the U S Na Navy airship Los Angeles has b een placed out of commission The Los Angeles was built atthe at ati r I tr i the t l Zeppelin works in Germany and brought to the United States in October 1924 by Hugo Eckener Ecken- Ecken I er cr now noVo captain of the Garf Gar Zeppelin Zep- Zep pelino The bi big craft was turned lover over to the United States under the t terms of the peace treaty It was christened by Mrs Calvin Coolidge with water from the i River Jordan I I Because of a scarcity of helium gas gas in her early days the Los Angeles An- An Angeles I AnI geles and per her sister ship the ill ill- ill fated fated Shenandoah alternately used I the same supply one havin having to lie un while the other went vent on a cruise When 1 When the Shenandoah was vas destroy destroyed destroyed destroyed J ed the supply was lost and the Los Angeles had to remain moored for several months until more gas was as produced While the ship is capable of do- do doing doing do doing ing service for a few more years I placing her out of commission will I I willI save the government about a year Car Most 1 of the Navys Navy's air air- aircraft air aircraft i I craft personnel have been trained I on the Los Angeles and her recent crew will probably be assigned assi ned to the great new Macon now under construction sister ship of oC the Akron largest aircraft ever built Owing to their great cost and lOwing expensive upkeep as well as the danger daner of disaster it is doubtful whether these mammoth dirigibles are arc worth while Most of those al- al alI already al already I ready built have come t to grief rief soon sooner sooner sooner er or later through h storms explosions explosions I or other mishaps |