USS Shangri-La CV-38 / CVA-38 / CVS-38 |
Type: |
Aircraft Carrier |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Virginia |
Hull Number: |
CV-38 CVA-38 (Oct. 1952) CVS-38 (June 30, 1969) |
Ordered: |
1942 |
Commissioned: |
September 15, 1944 |
Keel Laid: |
January 15, 1943 |
Decommissioned: |
July 30, 1971 |
Launched: |
February 24, 1944 |
Stricken: |
July 15, 1982 |
Fate: |
Sold Aug. 9, 1988 and scrapped. |
Notes |
Following the Doolittle Raid on Japan President Franklin D. Roosevelt was asked where the raid was launched from, since the truth was top secret he said "Shangri-La" the mythical utopia from the novel Lost Horizons. |
Sponsored by Mrs. Josephine Doolittle, wife of General James H. Doolittle. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Feb. 16, 2009 |