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	USS Shangri-La (CV-38) - Biocrawler
		The USS Shangri-La (CV-38) (also CVA-38, CVS-38) was an Ticonderoga-class aircraft carrier.
		The name, unique among US carriers, was a reference to the Hornet (CV-8), which had been lost; after the Doolittle Raid, launched from the Hornet, President Roosevelt answered a reporter's question by saying that the raid had come from "Shangri-La", the faraway land of the James Hilton novel Lost Horizon.
		On 2 and 3 June, the task force launched air strikes on the Japanese home islands--aimed particularly at Kyushu, the southernmost of the major islands.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/USS_Shangri-La_%28CV-38%29 (1924 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Photo Index: USS SHANGRI-LA (CV-38)
		USS Shangri-La (CV-38) comes alongside USS Attu (CVE-102) to transfer personnel and supplies, 3 September 1945.
		In July 1962, I was an AG-2 stationed aboard the USS Randolph, CVS-15.
		USS Shangri-La (CVS-38) cruises toward Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, on 11 February 1970.
	www.navsource.org /archives/02/38.htm (1071 words)

	USS Shangri-La (CV 38)
		USS SHANGRI-LA was laid down by the Norfolk Navy Yard, at Portsmouth, Va., on 15 January 1943, launched on 24 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs.
		Reclassified an attack aircraft carrier, CVA 38, in 1952, she returned to Puget Sound that fall and decommissioned again on 14 November, this time for modernization at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
		On 1 June 1961, SHANGRI-LA, along with USS INTREPID (CV 11) and USS RANDOLPH (CV 15), was ordered to stand by off southern Hispaniola when a general uprising seemed about to follow the assasination of President Trujillo of the Domincan Republic.
	www.navysite.de /cv/cv38.htm (2208 words)

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		The USS Shangri-La (CV-38) (also CVA-38, CVS-38) was a long-hull Essex-class">Essex-class aircraft carrier.
		The name, unique among US carriers, was a reference to the recently lost Hornet (CV-8)">Hornet (CV-8): after the Doolittle Raid, launched from the Hornet, President Roosevelt answered a reporter's question by saying that the raid had come from "Shangri-La", the faraway land of the James Hilton novel Lost Horizon.
		On 2 June and 3 June, the task force launched air strikes on the Japanese home islands--aimed particularly at KyÅ«shÅ«, the southernmost of the major islands.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=USS_Shangri-La_(CV-38) (2014 words)

	USS Shangri-La (CV 38)
		USS SHANGRI-LA was laid down by the Norfolk Navy Yard, at Portsmouth, Va., on 15 January 1943, launched on 24 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs.
		Reclassified an attack aircraft carrier, CVA 38, in 1952, she returned to Puget Sound that fall and decommissioned again on 14 November, this time for modernization at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
		On 1 June 1961, SHANGRI-LA, along with USS INTREPID (CV 11) and USS RANDOLPH (CV 15), was ordered to stand by off southern Hispaniola when a general uprising seemed about to follow the assasination of President Trujillo of the Domincan Republic.
	navysite.de /cv/cv38.htm (2208 words)

	USS Shangri-La (CV-38)
		The USS Shangri-La (CV-38) (also CVA-38, CVS-38) was an Essex-class[?] aircraft carrier.
		The name, unique among US carriers, was a reference to the Hornet (CV-8), which had been lost; after the Doolittle Raid, launched from the Hornet, President Roosevelt answered a reporter's question by saying that the raid had come from "Shangri-La[?]", the faraway land of the James Hilton novel Lost Horizon.
		On 2 and 3 June, the task force launched air strikes on the Japanese home islands[?]--aimed particularly at Kyushu, the southernmost of the major islands.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Shangri-La_(CV-38).html (1915 words)

	The USS Wisconsin Gets a New Home
		So little was the threat from the dwindling Japanese air arm that the Americans made no attempt whatever to conceal the location of their armada which was operating off her shores with impunity.
		On one occasion during that time, the battleship received a request for call-fire support and provided three starshells for the 1st ROK Corps, illuminating a communist attack that was consequently repulsed with considerable enemy casualties.
		Relieved as flagship of the 7th Fleet on 1 April by sistership USS Iowa (BB-61), Wisconsin departed Yokosuka, bound for the United States.
	www.100megsfree2.com /jjscherr/scherr/usswisconsin.htm (4673 words)

	SDAM - Welcome to the San Diego Air & Space Museum
		It is the remains of the ceremonial champagne bottle used to launch the U.S.S Shangri-La, CV-38 on 24 February, 1944.The bottle was broken over the bow of the new aircraft carrier by Mrs.
		The U.S.S. Shangri-La was the 38th United States aircraft carrier built, and the 29th Essex Class Carrier added to the fleet during World War II.
		The group trained to fly North American B-25 Mitchell (medium) bombers from the deck of an aircraft carrier on a one-way mission which was in retaliation for the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
	www.aerospacemuseum.org /exhibits/artifact_feb.html (368 words)

	info: USS_Shangri-La_(CV-38) (Site not responding. Last check: )
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	www.napoli-pizza.net /USS_Shangri-La_%28CV-38%29.html (264 words)

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		USS Shangri-La (CV-38, later CVA-38 and CVS-38), 1944-1988
		USS Shangri-La, a 27,100-ton Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier, was built at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia.
		Note use of the letter "Z" on the flight deck instead of her hull number ("38").
	hulk.osd.wednet.edu /~maasjoak/sh (226 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Wisconsin (BB 64) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On 18 and 19 March 1945, from a point 100 miles southwest of Kyushu, TF 58 hit enemy airfields on that island.
		Departing the "bombline" on the 19th, the battleship later that day transferred her distinguished passenger, Sen. Ferguson, by helicopter to the carrier USS Valley Forge (CV-45).
		En route home, she touched briefly at Guam, where she took part in the successful test of the Navy's largest floating dry-dock on 4 and 5 April, marking the first time that an Iowa-class battleship had ever utilized that type of facility.
	webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/USS_Wisconsin.htm (4642 words)

	Shangri La Singapore
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	REGULUS GUIDED CRUISE MISSILE
		USS Los Angeles (CA 135), USS Helena (CA 75), USS Macon (CA 132) and USS Toledo (CA 133) each carried three Regulus I missiles on operational patrols in the Western Pacific.
		USS Princeton (CV 37) did not deploy with Regulus I but was the site of the first launch of a Regulus I missile from a warship.
		USS Hancock (CV 19) was heavily involved in the development of the Regulus Assault Mission concept (RAM) and deployed once to the Western Pacific with four Regulus I missiles in 1955.
	www.wa3key.com /regulus.html (932 words)

	VA-12 . A-4 Skyhawk . USS Shangri-La (CV-38) . Guatemala . Dominican Republic . Lebanon
		In 1960, VA-12 was part of airwing of the USS Shangri-La CV-38 USS Shangri-La when that carrier was deployed to counter Cuban infiltration into Guatemala and Nicaragua.
		In 1963 the squadron was deployed in detachments to the USS Essex CV-9 USS Essex and USS Intrepid CV-11 USS Intrepid for anti-submarine warfare exercises.
		USS Shangri-La CV-38 also CVA-38, CVS-38 was an Ticonderoga -class aircraft carrier.
	www.uk.kunsimuna.net /VA-12_UK_428244_em (329 words)

	The Fast Carriers
		USS Essex (CV-9) underway during May 1943, as photographed from a blimp from squadron ZP-14.
		USS Randolph (CV-15) alongside a repair ship at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 13 March 1945, showing damage to her after flight deck resulting from a "Kamikaze" hit on 11 March.
		USS Wasp (CV-18) at sea in the western Pacific, 6 August 1945.
	history.sandiego.edu /gen/WW2Timeline/Pacific06c.html (898 words)

	YORKTOWN LINKS
		Battleship New Jersey Historical Museum Society while the USS Yorktown is the most famous aircraft carrier in the history of the US Navy, the Battleship New Jersey is the most famous battleship.
		USS Yorktown CG 48 "The Yorktown Affair" Using computer technology the new USS Yorktown, an Aegis Class guided missile cruiser goes dead in the water for nearly 3 hours and is towed back to port.
		USS Forrestal On July 29, 1967, 134 United States Navy sailors died in a fire that started on the flight deck.
	www.ussyorktown.com /yorktown/links.htm (1078 words)

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		Lieutenant Commander Black was the executive officer of the USS BENSON (DD-421) in 1940 and commanding officer of the USS JACOB JONES (DD-130) in 1941.
		Most of it was spent leading the cruisers USS BREMERTON (CA-130), 15 to 30 May 1953, and USS ST. PAUL (CA-73), 30 May to 1 June, around like a great Dane on a leash, but at night we had the opportunity of firing harassing and interdiction missions at targets on the beach.
		The USS HIGBEE (DD-806) and the BLACK were, in mid March 1965, assigned to Task Group 71.1 and were the first United States warships to partake in the infiltration surveillance mission.
	www.ussblack.com /history.htm (11664 words)

	CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk Aircraft Carrier Exhibit, Pictures, Stories.
		The Pictures in this USS Kitty Hawk Exhibit were taken by various members of the Kitty Hawk Aircraft Carrier.
		These pages contain Over 100 Pictures and Stories of the USS Kitty Hawk, CV63 in action on the West Pac Cruise of 1977 with other exhibits of the Kitty Hawk in the Gulf of Tonkin and Japan.
		If you were in the Navy instead of saying the USS Kitty Hawk, you may say Hawk Kitty Mil Navy USS.
	www.yellowairplane.com /USS_Kitty_Hawk.htm (1608 words)

	USN Ships--USS Randolph (CV-15, later CVA-15 & CVS-15)
		USS Randolph, a 27,100-ton Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier built at Newport News, Virginia, was commissioned in October 1944.
		USS Randolph was decommissioned in February 1969 and laid up in the Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia.
		USS Waller (DDE-466) is refueling from the oiler's starboard side, while USS Eaton is steaming astern, waiting her turn for a "drink".
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-r/cv15.htm (955 words)

	CFS 2 Aircraft page 78
		This aircraft represents an F4U-1C of VF-85 aboard USS Shangri La CV-38 in May and June 1945.
		VF-85 was designated as the "fighter" unit aboard Shangri La, and operated alongside their "fighter bomber" sister squadron VBF-85 which was equipped with F4U-1D corsairs.
		This aircraft represents an F4U-1D of VMF-214 the Black Sheep aboard USS Franklin CV-13 in March 1945.
	www.simviation.com /cfs2aircraft78.htm (496 words)

	USS Shangri La
		Shangri La steamed around in the strike area from 15 to 23 August, patrolling the Honshu area on the latter date.
		After preinactivation overhaul at the Boston Naval Shipyard South Annex Shangri La decommissioned on 30 July 1971.
		She was placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet and berthed at Philadelphia, where she remains as of July 1974.
	www.navyhistory.com /cruiser/shangriLa.html (1779 words)

	USN Ships--USS Shangri-La (CV/CVA/CVS-38)
		USS Shangri-La, a 27,100-ton Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier, was built at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia.
		USS Shangri-La was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in July 1982 and sold for scrapping in August 1988.
		On board USS Shangri-La (CV-38), during Sullivan's visit to combat force in the western Pacific, July 1945.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/cv38.htm (834 words)

	WWII Squadron Search, maybe Hornet?
		Well, Jack, All I know that USS Shangri-La and her Air Group 85 Corsair have the new single letter "Z" marking that was adopted on 27 July to replace the short-lived "G" symbol system(a white lighting bolt).
		Prior to that, there were some 28 different geometric designs that had been used up to that point by the CVs and CVLs in TF-38 to identify their planes.
		These were somewhat confusing and hard to identify if you were in a hurry, so they were done away with and all carriers were required to use a one letter or two-letter identifier on the tail, upper right wing, and lower left wing.
	www.acepilots.com /smf/index.php?topic=42.0 (959 words)

	Featured Member: RADM L.W. Moffit
		At the outbreak of the Korean conflict, he was sent into combat aboard USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) as OinC of the F4U-4P/5P Photo Detachment with Air Group 11.
		Next came a tour as Navigator aboard the USS Forrestal (CV-59) in the Mediterranean, followed by another tour in the Pentagon.
		He was next made the CO of the Troop Transport USS Telfair (APA- 210), cruising in Mediterranean.
	boatcoach.tripod.com /id30.html (587 words)

	From floatplanes to Mustangs - Flight Journal Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I returned to the USS Philadelphia, but fortunately, by then, they had transitioned to OS2Us.
		Modified with arresting hook and catapult points, the "Seahorse" was tested ashore and then went aboard the new carrier USS Shangri-La (CV-38).
		During the “Seahorse” trials aboard the USS Shangri-La, Lt. Cdr.
	www.flightjournal.com /articles/floattostang/floattostan3.asp (455 words)

	Battleship USS Washington BB56 - Shipmates
		JOHN HASKELL GIELE, SP(A)1/C, born Sept. 7, 1918, Dayton, OH, joined the USN Aug. 15, 1941,and was assigned to USS Washington December 1941, as bridge and main battery plot.
		JAMES J., born Nov. 26, 1915 in Hickory, LA joined the USN, Nov. 18, 1940 and was assigned to the USS Washington March 6, 1941, stationed in the paint and chemical storeroom, Supply Div.
		He enlisted in the USN in August 1941 and after midshipman training aboard USS Prairie State (IX-15) was commissioned ensign USNR on Jan. 16, 1942.
	www.usswashington.com /profil12.htm (764 words)

	CV-38 USS Shangri La
		On 2 and 3 June, the task force launched air strikes on the Japanesehome islands-aimed particularly at Kyushu, the southern most of the major islands.
		Shangri La steamed aroundin the strike area from 15 to 23 August, patrolling the Honshu area on thelatter date.
		Between 23 August and 16 September, her manes sortied on missions of mercy, air-dropping supplies to Allied prisoners of war in Japan.
	www.historycentral.com /Navy/CV38ShangraLa.html (1563 words)

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		Her planes successfully destroyed radar and radio installations there and, upon their recovery, the task group sailed for Okinawa.
		Shangri- La supplied combat air patrols for the task group and close air support for the 10th Army on Okinawa before returning to Ulithi on 14 May.
		On 2 and 3 June, the task force launched air strikes on the Japanese home islands--aimed particu larly at Kyushu, the southernmost of the major islands.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/carriers/cv38.htm (1826 words)

	TOM'S WEB PAGE No.2
		U.S.S. On the morning of 18 April 1942, the aircraft carrier U.S.S. HORNET launched a spectacular bombing raid on Tokyo, Japan.
		On 15 January 1943, the keel was laid for this ESSEX-class carrier, U.S.S. SHANGRI-LA, in memory of the HORNET'S exploits.
		On 2 and 3 June, the task force launched air strikes on the Japanese home islands, aimed particularly at Kyushu, the southernmost of the major islands.
	www.uss-shangri-la.com /history.html (3667 words)

	U.S.S. SHANGRI-LA (CV 38/CVA 38/CVS 38)
		U.S.S. This web site is dedicated to all those who served aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Our primary emphasis is in the ship's early activities (mid-1940's) when my dad, Carl E. Crawford, served aboard ship in World War II.
		A brief timeline of the U.S.S. Built by Norfolk Navy.
		To CVS 30 June 1969, operated as a light attack carrier.
	www.kellycrawford.org /ShangriLa (216 words)

	World class Aircraft carrier CV/CVN/CVA/CVS/CVE/CVL prints
		Enterprise Class: USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS Enterprise (CVAN-65).
		Kitty Hawk Class: USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), USS Constellation (CV-64), USS America (CV-66).
		Lexington Class: USS Lexington (CV-2), USS Saratoga (CV-3)
	www.windjammer-arts.com /CV.htm (121 words)

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