Unlike the Japanese carrier fleet, the Kriegsmarine envisioned using the Graf Zeppelin in a support capacity for the wider fleet.

The Graf Zeppelin accomplished several aviation firsts, including the first commercial transatlantic flight, and a round-the-world flight. The airship had a luxurious gondola with private cabins ...

along with the less famous Graf Zeppelin II. In fact, here's a photo of Business Insider's world headquarters taken from the Graf Zeppelin in 1929. The most well known of the Zeppelin airships was ...