USS Shangri-La steam catapult test - GIF

USS Shangri-La steam catapult test, c. 1955.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...119#post125931
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...778#post159811
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...466#post127716
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...026#post153229
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...156#post153667

My dad was one of the prize crew members (original) during WWII. He was a pharmacist mate. He never really talked about the war or his time on the Shangri-La. He even said he thought they had towed it out to sea and used it for target practice after the war. Wow, was he wrong. As I recall reading, it was used up until in 1990's. He had a certificate to receive one of the decking planks, but never redeemed it.