30 Jun 1969
  • USS Tunny was struck from the US Naval Registrar. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
  • USS Wasp departed Europe for the United States. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | CPC]
  • USS Shangri-La was reclassified as an antisubmarine warfare support aircraft carrier, CVS. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | CPC]
  • Gato-class submarine Silversides was struck from the Navy list. ww2dbase [Silversides | DS]
United States
  • USS Shangri-La was reclassified as an antisubmarine warfare support aircraft carrier, CVS. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | DS]

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Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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