File:Christening of USS Shangri-La (CV-38) on 24 February 1944.jpg

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The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CV-38) is christened by Mrs. Josephine "Joe" E. Doolittle, wife of (then) U.S. Army Air Forces Major General James H. Doolittle, during launching ceremonies at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia (USA), 24 February 1944. Rear Admiral Felix X. Gygax, the Navy Yard Commandant, is in the foreground, holding a microphone close to the sponsor's champagne bottle as it smashes into the new carrier's bow.

The aircraft carrier was named Shangri-La, because in April 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that the famous "Doolittle Raid" on Tokyo was flown from Shangri-La, a fictional paradise from the popular novel "Lost Horizon" by James Hilton. In reality, Lt.Col. Doolittle had led sixteen USAAF Martin B-25B Mitchell bombers to bomb targets in Japan after taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8).
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 96329 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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current08:47, 5 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 08:47, 5 February 20175,710 × 4,061 (7.32 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)similar photo to avoid duplication of File:USS Shangri-La (CV-38) sponsored.jpg
01:27, 22 October 2010Thumbnail for version as of 01:27, 22 October 2010740 × 590 (112 KB)Dieu2005 (talk | contribs)==Description== Aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CV-38) is christened by Mrs. James H. Doolittle, during launching ceremonies at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 24 February 1944. Rear Admiral Felix X. Gygax, the Navy Yard Commandant, is in the foreground

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