Keywords: F-8D making 46000th launch from USS Shangri-La (CVA-38).jpg Aboard the Attack Aircraft Carrier USS Shangri La CVA-38 with the U S Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean May 1 1967 -- CDR William John Brandell Jr XO of VF-13 looks on as his plane is bridled for the 46 000th launching from the starboard catapult of the USS Shangri-La CVA-38 Aviation Boatswain's Mate Second Class ABE-2c Gale Abe Abresch notifies him of his feat as Petty Officers Third Class Glenn Sturtevant and Alkivivaeis Diakowmakis hook the F8B Crusader to the Catapult groove U S Navy Naval Aviation News July 1967 p 35 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1960s/1967/Jul67 pdf http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 36335 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7336 037 1967-05-01 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-8D Crusader Aboard USS Shangri-La CV-38 Fighter Squadron 13 United States Navy |