File:USS Leyte (CV-32) in a lock of the Panama Canal 1946.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Leyte (CV-32) transiting the Panama Canal, circa in October 1946. Leyte, with assigned Carrier Air Group 18 (CVG-18), was on her shakedown cruise to the Caribbean from 16 September to 12 December 1946. She visited Valparaiso, Chile, for the inauguration of president Gabriel González Videla on 4 November 1946.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Leyte (CV-32) 1946 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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