| 31. | The Gold Crew continued shakedown operations in the Caribbean Sea in February.
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| 32. | Dock trials and initial shakedown training commenced on 30 July.
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| 33. | In November, the ship made a shakedown voyage back to Tahiti.
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| 34. | "Steinaker " held her shakedown cruise off 6th Fleet.
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| 35. | After shakedown training off Fla ., 19 March 1946.
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| 36. | Three days later she left for shakedown operations off Panama.
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| 37. | This gave them time to mature through testing and shakedowns.
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| 38. | Shakedown testing of production aircraft is a simplified version of prototype testing.
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| 39. | After leave and upkeep, she began shakedown training on 15 October.
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| 40. | Shakedown and amphibious warfare training occupied her until 12 February.
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