SHANGRI-LA CVS 38

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Essex Class Aircraft Carrier
    Keel Laid 15 January 1943 - Launched 24 February 1944

  1. USS SHANGRI-LA CV-38
    Commissioned 15 September 1944 - Decommissioned 7 November 1947
    Recommissioned 10 May 1951

  2. USS SHANGRI-LA CVA-38
    Reclassified Attack Aircraft Carrier (CVA) 21 October 1952
    Decommissioned 14 November 1952
    Recommissioned 10 January 1955

  3. USS SHANGRI-LA CVS-38
    Reclassified Anti-submarine Aircraft Carrier (CVS) 30 June 1969
    Decommissioned 30 July 1971

    Struck from Naval Register 15 July 1982
    Sold 9 August 1988 to Taiwan for scrap


Naval Covers

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  1. USS Shangri-La CVS-38 Covers Page 1    (1944-71)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
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Postmark Image
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Cover Image

1st Commissioning September 15 1944 to November 7 1947


 

Locy Type
2(n) (CV)

1945-12-05

As CV-38


 

Locy Type
2z

1945-06-24

As CV-38. Censored, WWII use


 

Locy Type
9efu 1945

1945-09-14
to
1945-09-26

As CV-38. Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type Pz

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-37

1945-09-26

As CV-38. Tokyo Bay



2nd Commissioning May 10 1951 to November 14 1952


 

Locy Type
FDPS 2(n)

1951-06-04

As CV-38. First Day Postal Service...Only a Type FDPS 9ef(nu) is listed in the USCS Postmark Catalog


 

Locy Type 2

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-37b

1951-06-26

As CV-38


 

Locy Type 2

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-37c

1952-04-03

As CV-38



3rd Commissioning January 10 1955 to July 30 1971


 

Locy Type
FDPS 2

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-37d

1955-01-21

As CVA-38


 

Locy Type
2

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-37d

1955-03-09

As CVA-38


 

Locy Type
2(n+) (CVA,USS)

1965-09-15

As CVA-38. Ship's cachet for the 21st Anniversary of Commissioning.


 

Locy Type
2(n+)

1965-09-15

As CVA-38. Close-up view of the Ship's cachet for the 21st Anniversary of Commissioning.


 

Locy Type
2t(n+u)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-37f

1958-11-03

As CVA-38


 

Locy Type
7tn+u (C+,USS)

1963-03-08

As CVA-38


 

Locy Type
FAKE

"BOSTON /
MASS."

1971-07-12

USCS Postmark Catalog states..."The 2t(nu) cancel with "BOSTON/MASS." in the killers was privately made and not authorized"

 

Other Information

USS SHANGRI-LA earned 2 Battle Stars (WWII) and 3 Battle Stars (Vietnam)

NAMESAKE - An imaginary remote paradise on earth; utopia

 


 

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