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USS SHANGRI-lA This is the story of one cruise in the history of a proud ship. It is a story that covers may thousands of miles and many foreign lands. It is a story of the men who make her a proud ship. Many people wonder at the name of our ship since most aircraft carriers are named after famous battles. In April of T942 the USS Hornet launched the famous Doolittle raid on Tokyo. . After the Hornet was lost in d President Roosevelt answered 'Shangri-La , the mythical utopia in James Hilton's novel 'Lost Horizons action, an account of her war record identified her as the 'mystery base. The American people decided she needed a successor an in response to a nation-wide sales drive they bought enough War-Bonds to establish Shangri-La as a reality. The USbS Shangri-La was launched 24 February T944 at Portsmouth, Virginia. Appropriately enough her sponsor was Mrs. James Doolittle. ln the Springof T945 Shangri-La entered the bitter island campaigns in the Western Pacific. With Carrier Air Group 85 aboard she soon distinguished herself in action and became known as the Tokyo Express , her planes relentlessly striking deep in the heart of the Japanese homeland. ln June of T947 Shangri-La was placed out of commission with the U. S. xfgfccommissgoned in May of T951 for service with the Atlantic Fleet. ln September T952 she returned to at the Puget Sound Shipyard, where she became the first U. S. carrier to have a canted flight fefurned fo the Hee, in T955 as' the most modern attack carrier then in service. This is her fourth Far cruise e-tiiiT, it The beginning and end of our story takes place in San Diego. The time March The following pages tell our story and will perhaps better explain the pride we have in our ship. T S When asked by the press to name the base from which the raid originated,
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Q'- 'C ble of Contents 9. m 'ff- ' - 1 'I fr he N .mp USS SHANGRI-LA CVA-38 March-October 1959 PAGE Introduction. . . 2 Captain Taylor . . 4 Captain Preston . . 5 Captain Lamb. , . 6 Commander Crockett . 7 Hawaii Section . . 14-30 Japan Section. . 31-57 Okinawa Section . . 58-62 Manila Section . . 63-70 Hong Kong Section . . . 71-87 Operation Handclasp 102-103 Introduction to Departments . 109 Air Group . . , 239-281 Memorial . . 287
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