270 KIA out of 800 total casualties is not unreasonable either. I was wondering if you had a source better than the AP, which I don’t regard too highly.

I was wondering if you had a source better than the AP, which I don’t regard too highly.

No, I looked all over. But, if the AP is quoting from its archives, they may be right. AP and UPI were highly regarded during the war. They knew when to be silent and they seemed to be on the level as far as political persuasion (well, at least more so than today.)

270 KIA out of 800 total casualties is not unreasonable either. I was wondering if you had a source better than the AP, which I don’t regard too highly.

Here's the straight skinny from the Intrepid Association site: www.wa3key.com/voyage.html

USS Intrepid History

CV/CVA/CVS-11

The Intrepid's Gallant Voyage, 1943 - 1982


  *  December 1, 1941: Intrepid's keel laid at Newport News, Virginia.
  *  December 7, 1941: Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
  *  April 26, 1943: Launched.
  *  August 16, 1943: Commissioned CV-11.
  *  December 3, 1943: Sailed for Pearl Harbor via the Panama Canal
         and San Francisco.
  *  January-February, 1944: Participated in the Marshall Islands   
         invasion.
  *  February 1944: Participated in raid on Truk.
  *  February 17, 1944: Damaged by Japanese aerial torpedo.
  *  September-October 1944: Participated in attacks on invasion of
         the Palaus.
  *  Strikes against the Philippines, Formosa, and Okinawa.
  *  Operated out of Utilic fleet anchorage in the Carolinas as unit
         of Task Force 38.
  *  October 24, 25, 26, 1944: Participated in Battle of Leyte Gulf.
         Helped sink the super-battleship Musashi.
  *  October 30, 1944: Hit by kamikaze--slight damage.
  *  November 25, 1944: Hit by two kamikazes--heavily damaged.
  *  March 1945: Strikes against Tokyo and Okinawa. Near miss by a  
         Japanese heavy bomber kamikaze.
  *  April 6, 1945: Helped sink the Japanese super-battleship Yamato.
  *  April 16, 1945: Damaged during invasion by kamikaze attack off
         Okinawa.
  *  August 1945: Reported back to the Fast Carrier Force. 
         War ended.
  *  August-December 1945: Policed the coasts of China and Korea,   
         aiding in repatriation of Allied POW.
  *  December 1945: Arrived back in the United States after Japan   
         occupation duty.
  *  1946: Put in reserve at San Francisco.
  *  October 1954: Completed modernization at the same yard at      
         which she was built.
  *  1955-1962: Operated in the Mediterranean with the Sixth Fleet.
  *  1956: Refitted at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Angled deck added.
  *  May 24, 1962: Served as Recovery Ship for Mercury VII space
         capsule (astronaut Scott Carpenter) .
  *  March 23, 1965: Acts as Recovery Ship for Gemini III space
         capsule (astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young).
  *  May 1966-1968: Served with the Pacific Fleet off Vietnam in    
         three combat cruises.
  *  1974: Decommissioned at Quonset Point R.I. Towed to
         Philadelphia for bicentennial celebration.
  *  July 1982: Opens as the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New   
         York City.

—ExIntrepid

Last War Cruise - Vietnam '68-'69 - Intrepid ran Alpha-Strikes of Yankee station with Scooters (A-4's).

Last EastLant-Med '71-'72 - Left Q-Point just before Decommissioning - Glad I missed it...