Lunga Point (CVE 94) - Naval Cruise Book

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..1, f i 9 Q- V Q 5 if 5? , . U s ? A' 3' 1? Y Y Double bottom section being installed in Lunga Point. Here beginneth the stogf qf Hull 340g an inani- mate hulk cyf iron, steel, eolblber ana' brass. Follow her through these pages as she takes on lyfeg as she becomes just another shzlb rj the United States Fleetg as she grows through youth into rnaturz'Qf,' as she gradualbf but surebr becomes the CCPrz'ele cj the CVE's.', Experience with her again the thrill of growing with her,' enjoy again the 'cHajJfry Hoursp' ...xiii Installing flight deck section on Lunga Poinl. and the CCSea Storfesfl Pull up 'your chair to the hreg light your jnlbeg and, in the smoke rings, draw onyour rnernoriesfor a rejrla 1' qf tlzejoys and sorroztfs. the thrills and exezfternenf, the labor and foil, and, abooe all, eryoy the genuine Sfllliff-dCll.OIZ of lZClZ'Z.lZg clone -your jrart in fl'f1lI.lf0l'l7YIiIZg Hull 340 into the ll.S.S. Hlsunga Pofntfl the Shzjr zvillz a Soul. 4 4 ,,1,, Q f s Wf Q if , wr' ef M f 2 Z' ' ' t l' 7 f Xl' f , ' 'X f f 1 Q '-1 I' 'i ....i........ , Y' ZW y 7 , f X X - , ' ,J fn ,Z f w, ff,,,!,,,,, Y ,f if I . ,A 3,31 I ,, J W W7 , .....u Nm 'sxhh Z Jeff l B Ir' Kaiser Carriers on thc: ways. Iillllgl! l'nfnl uvxl to IIN- 1-ml. lnmgu Porn! :mil sislvr ships :il outlining dork-

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,, ' 'Xltl l .1 ii CHRISTENING, COMM I SS l ON l NU AND SHAKEDOWN The cCLunga Pofzztw zefas hw' nanzc' As she wentfortlz I0 wizz lI6'I'!ffllI7f'. Designated a C- V-E, An Aircraft Carrz'e1', infacl, was sian f'Baby Flat-Zopn is plain a1nb1'g1z1'll',' For shflljfght her wqy out Qf 011s611r1h'. CHRISTENING At the Kaiser-Vancouver Shipyards, Van- couver, Washington, on II April 1944, a great event took place. Another of Henry Kai- serls many ships was being launched. It was just another mass of iron and steel that was to be sent down the ways into the Columbia River. There was, however, something differ- ent about this particular launching, something in the air prophesying a grand and glorious future for Hull 340. It was an auspicious occasion when, at exactly 1225, with her Matron-of-Honor, Mrs. R. L. Bowman of Coronado, Calif., standing beside her, holding her bouquet, Mrs. James H. McKay, also of Coronado, Calif., our Sponsor, gave that hull a soul as she slammed a bottle of Champagne against the shiny, new bow, and said, HI christen thee Lunga Pointlw Milli i4ll 1 N1 Lzmlgn l'n1nl going clown thc wav' COMlX1lSSlONlNG The night bcforc our Shi p was c'o1n1nissioncd the Officers had a cocktail party at thc Ufliccfs Club, U.S. Naval Station. Astoria. Oregon, which proved to bc a most dclighlful 0C'C'2lSlO1l. Our Sponsor and her Matron-of-honor, Ch I , .1 arnpagm. And a liolllv of Clrwa-flolu would havc dom' jllS! as wt-II.