Ava in Noble County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

U.S.S. Shenandoah

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 23, 2008

1. U.S.S. Shenandoah Memorial Marker

Inscription. To the memory of those who lost their lives on the U.S.S. Shenandoah
September 3, 1925
Commander Zachary Lansdowne, U.S.N.
Lieutenant Commander Lewis Hancock, Jr., U.S.N.
Lieutenant John Bullard Lawrence, U.S.N.
Lieutenant Arthur Reginald Houghton, U.S.N.
Lieutenant (JG) Edgar William Sheppard, U.S.N.
Everett Price Allen, ACR, U.S.N.
Charles Harrison Broom, ACMM, U.S.N.
James William Cullinan, AP, U.S.N.
Ralph Thomas Joffray, AR1c, U.S.N.
Celestino Pellegrino Mazzuco, AMM1c
James Albert Moore, Jr., AMM1c, U.S.N.
Bartholomew Bennett O'Sullivan, AMM1c, U.S.N.
George Conrad Schnitzer, CRM, U.S.N.
William Howard Spratley, AMM1c, U.S.N.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Disasters. A significant historical date for this entry is September 3, 1925.

Location. 39° 50.25′ N, 81° 34.511′ W. Marker is in Ava, Ohio, in Noble County. It is on Marietta Road (Ohio Route 821) half a mile north of Rayner Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ava OH 43711, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Crash of the USS Shenandoah / Lighter-Than-Air Flight (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named U.S.S. Shenandoah

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(approx. 1.9 miles away); Wreckage Site Number 1 of the U.S. Navy Airship Shenandoah (approx. 1.9 miles away); Exhaltation/Elevation of the Holy Cross Church (approx. 3.4 miles away); Claude L. Wilson (approx. 3½ miles away); Cumberland (approx. 4½ miles away); Cumberland Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.9 miles away); John Gray (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ava.

U.S.S. Shenandoah Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 23, 2008

2. U.S.S. Shenandoah Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 23, 2008

3. U.S.S. Shenandoah Memorial

Looking east.

U.S.S. Shenandoah Memorial Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 23, 2008

4. U.S.S. Shenandoah Memorial Detail

Credits. This page was last revised on January 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 9, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,652 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 9, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.