 Although the hangar itself survived, one airman lost his life, and two further blimps that were moored nearby, "SSZ.38" and "SSZ.54", were also destroyed.The SSZ's greater stability in flight and longer endurance enabled them to operate in worse weather conditions than had previously been attempted, and early in 1917 all existing SS types were superseded by the SS Zero.They were turned out as fast as they could be built, and a total of 77 SSZs were produced between 1916 and 1918, two of which were acquired by France and two by the United States.