History

History

Flight Ops

History

  U.S.S. SHANGRI-LA A SHORT HISTORY.   On the morning of 18 April 1942, the aircraft carrier U.S.S. HORNET launched a spectacular bombing raid on Tokyo, Japan. When newsmen asked President Roosevelt to reveal the base from which the airmen had flown, he cited the name ‘SHANGRI-LA’, a mythical retreat from James Hilton’s novel ‘LOST …

Museum

USS SHANGRI-LA (CVA-38, CV-38, CVS-38) Most of you have seen the USS. Shangri-La Museum on the USS. Hornet in Alameda, CA. (or at least photos of it) Here is some great news! The Museum has been torn down, re-built and moved to a new location. It is now much better and more accessible. The new Museum is …

Flight Ops

VF-111 VF-62 & VA-106

Stories

THESE ARE STORIES AND PHOTOS THAT WERE SENT TO ME AND I FELT SHOULD BE SHARED WITH EVERYONE. LAST CRUISE…Cdr. Jim Reid USN Ret. CHRISTMAS CARD..Circa 1944 OLD SALT … in Saigon. OILING THE BEACH … CANNES FRANCE 1965. COLLISION … WITH USS PERRY. PHOTOS SENT IN BY LEROY PETTIS VISIT TO USS. FRANKLIN BY KEN …

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