Class: Essex-class Date commissioned: Sept. 15, 1944 USS Shangri-La, a Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier, was commissioned in September 1944 and reached the Pacific in early 1945.

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Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers. History; World War II; 4 Kamikaze Attacks Couldn’t Take This Aircraft Carrier Down Here’s What You Need to Remember: Around sixty-six died in the two attacks.