Reproduced below is a copy of the log book covering the SHANGRI-LA's activities from 15 Sept 1945 to 15 Sept 1946 (thanks again to John Zollo!)
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| U.S.S. SHANGRI-LA | ||
| September 15, 1946 | ||
| Commanding Officer | Captain W. P. Cogswell, USN | |
| Executive Officer | CDR. D. B. Overfield, USN | |
| Air Officer | CDR J. A. Thomas, USN | |
| Communication Officer | CDR. T. W. Hillis, USN | |
| Dental Officer | CDR. P. W. Suitor, USN | |
| First Lieutenant | LCDR. W. Godwin, USN | |
| Engineering Officer | CDR. H. D. Kermode, USN | |
| Gunnery Officer | CDR. C. E. Conboy, USN | |
| Medical Officer | CDR. C. P. Phoebus, USN | |
| Navigator | CDR. J. B. Burks, USN | |
| Supply Officer | CDR. I. T. Brooks, USN | |
| Chaplain | Lieut. P. N. Oklevik, USNR | |
| OUR SECOND YEAR | ||
| Sept. 16, 1945 | Entered and anchored in Tokyo Bay. | |
| Oct. 1-4 | Underway from Tokyo Bay enroute Buckner Bay, Okinawa. | |
| Oct. 6-21 | Underway from Okinawa bound for home at last. | |
| Oct 22 | Thirty day leave commences for approximately one half the ships' company. | |
| Nov. 5 | Enroute San Pedro to San Diego. | |
| Nov. 26 | Captain E. A. Cruise succeeds Captain R. F. Whitehead as Skipper of the Shangri-La. | |
| Dec. 6-9 | Underway from San Diego to Puget Sound Navy yard, Bremerton, Washington. | |
| Dec. 11 | Enter dry dock for repairs. | |
| Dec. 20 | Dry dock period completed. | |
| Dec. 25 | Christmas Day spent anchored in Sinclair Inlet, Puget Sound. | |
| Dec. 30 - Jan. 2 | Underway from Puget Sound to San Diego. New year welcomed at sea. | |
| Jan. 2 - Feb. 14 | Training operations of various kinds, including day and night carrier qualifications, conducted. | |
| Feb. 14-22 | Enroute from San Diego to Norfolk, Virginia by way of the Panama Canal. First stop at Balboa, Canal Zone. | |
| Feb. 24 | Underway from Balboa to Colon. Four hundred Canal Zone passengers embarked for the passage of the Canal. | |
| Feb. 25 - Mar. 1 | Steaming from Colon to Norfolk. | |
| Mar. 4-7 | Underway from Norfolk to conduct carrier pilot qualifications. | |
| Mar. 18-22 | Enroute to Cristobal, Canal Zone on first leg of return to San Diego. | |
| Mar. 23 | Passage of Panama Canal from east to west coast. | |
| Mar. 25-31 | Underway from Balboa, Canal Zone bound for San Diego. | |
| Apr. 5-10 | Enroute from San Diego to Pearl Harbor. | |
| Apr. 12-17 | Underway from Pearl Harbor to N.A.S. Alameda, Calif. | |
| Apr. 18-19 | Left Alameda bound for San Diego. | |
| Apr. 23-26 | Conducted carrier qualifications off San Diego. Radio controlled drones were launched from Shangri-La. | |
| Apr. 30 - May 9 | More flight operations in San Diego area, including Operations Crossroads rehearsal for press representatives. | |
| May 21-27 | Underway to Pearl Harbor from San Diego. | |
| May 29 | Enroute to Roi Anchorage, Kwajalien Atoll, Marshall Islands in connection with Atomic Bomb tests. | |
| June 5 | Enter Roi Anchorage. | |
| June 6-20 | Conducted operations including radio controlled launchings in preparation for Able Day, Operations Crossroads. | |
| July 1 | Able Day for Operations Crossroads, Radio Controlled F6F Drones launched from Shangri-La to gather radio activity data from Atomic Cloud, located 44 miles from the blast. | |
| July 5 | Captain W. P. Cogswell relieved Captain E. A. Cruise as skipper of the Shangri-La. | |
| July 25 | Baker day at Bikini Atoll. Shangri-La again participated by launching Drones to gather scientific data from the resulting cloud. Again approximately 44 miles from the explosion. | |
| July 28 - Aug. 2 | Underway from Roi to Pearl Harbor on first leg of homeward trip. | |
| Aug. 3-9 | Enroute from Pearl Harbor to San Diego with full load of aircraft bound for overhaul. | |
| Sept. 3-5 | Conducting carrier pilot qualifications off the California coast. | |
| Sept. 8-14 | Underway from San Diego to Pearl Harbor with thirty prominent civilian passengers embarked as guests of the Secretary of the Navy. | |
| Sept. 15 | Our second anniversary passed uneventfully at Pier Fox 12 and 13, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor. | |
| SECOND ANNIVERSARY STATISTICS | ||
| September 15, 1945 - September 15, 1946 | ||
| Miles steamed | 50,669.4 | |
| Fuel oil used - gallons | 9,097,278 | |
| Days at sea | 145 | |
| Days in port | 220 | |
| Days at Operation Crossroads | 62 | |
| Longest period of days continuously at sea | 15 | |
| Number of Destroyers fueled at sea | 15 | |
| Number of planes landed | 4,446 | |
| Aviation gasoline expended - gallons | 1,220,000 | |
| 5 inch ammunition expended - rounds | 650 | |
| 40mm ammunition expended - rounds | 7,462 | |
| 20mm ammunition expended - rounds | 40,407 | |
| Ships' Company: Officers | 74 | |
| Enlisted | 1,398 | |
| Marine | 65 | |
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