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Carrier Shangri-La launching ceremony, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 24 Feb 1944Carrier Shangri-La shortly after launching, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 24 Feb 1944; seen in the US Navy publication USS Shangri-La 1944-1945 cruise book
Carrier Shangri-La launching ceremony, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 24 Feb 1944Carrier Shangri-La shortly after launching, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 24 Feb 1944; seen in the US Navy publication USS Shangri-La 1944-1945 cruise book
Josephine Doolittle, wife of James Doolittle, breaking a bottle of champagne at the launching ceremony of carrier Shangri-La, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 24 Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2; note yard commandant Rear Admiral Felix Gygax holding a microphone near the bottleJosephine Doolittle, wife of James Doolittle, breaking a bottle of champagne at the launching ceremony of carrier Shangri-La, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 24 Feb 1944, photo 2 of 2; note yard commandant Rear Admiral Felix Gygax holding a microphone near the bottle
Josephine Doolittle, wife of James Doolittle, breaking a bottle of champagne at the launching ceremony of carrier Shangri-La, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 24 Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2; note yard commandant Rear Admiral Felix Gygax holding a microphone near the bottleJosephine Doolittle, wife of James Doolittle, breaking a bottle of champagne at the launching ceremony of carrier Shangri-La, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 24 Feb 1944, photo 2 of 2; note yard commandant Rear Admiral Felix Gygax holding a microphone near the bottle
K-class airship K-29 of Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-31 lifts off the flight deck of escort carrier USS Altamaha off the California coast, Feb 24, 1944.US Navy map of the central Pacific showing USS Intrepid’s track from 16 Jan to 24 Feb 1944 from Pearl Harbor and back, including the 16 Feb 1944 raid on Truk Atoll (not Chuuk), Caroline Islands.
K-class airship K-29 of Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-31 lifts off the flight deck of escort carrier USS Altamaha off the California coast, Feb 24, 1944.US Navy map of the central Pacific showing USS Intrepid’s track from 16 Jan to 24 Feb 1944 from Pearl Harbor and back, including the 16 Feb 1944 raid on Truk Atoll (not Chuuk), Caroline Islands.
USS Yorktown (Essex-class) at sea north of Eniwetok en route Majuro, Marshall Islands, 24 Feb 1944.
USS Yorktown (Essex-class) at sea north of Eniwetok en route Majuro, Marshall Islands, 24 Feb 1944.


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