Zeppelin class aircraft carrier second ship using the world war I German airship troops Executive Peter • Strasser's name. Scheme Kiel Germania shipyard construction, started in 1938. Since the Kriegsmarine and Air Force aircraft ownership dispute between the construction plans continue to be postponed, and the subsequent outbreak of World War II, making the aircraft at March 26, 1940 to cancel the construction and disintegration, mainly due to Hitler's decision to the Navy's most funding for the development of submarines, two aircraft carriers of the class ultimately failed to complete.