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First Tigercat to land aboard carrier -Nov. 15, '1944. 4th, on the eve of the ship's departure on shakedown. Under way in the Chesapeake Bay area, the Shangrz'-La steamed northward beyond the mouth of the Potomac River to visit the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Structural firing tests and gunnery drills were conducted daily until November 9th. The first group landings were conducted off Cape Charles City on Novem- ber 9th and the crew began to get the feel of planes on a rolling, teakwood deck. Corsairs, Avengers, and Hellcats orbited above the speeding carrier before circling slowly into the wind to swing in over the stern, landing and taxiing forward to be spotted Fighter, bomber, and torpedo plane groups exercised for the speed which meant success or failure in the western reaches of the Far Pacific. Leaving the sheltered waters of Chesapeake Bay, under antisubmarine escort, the carrier put to sea on November l5th for experimental landings with planes First B-2 5 to be catapulted and landed aboard a carrier-November I5 1944
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