[neverdem]

Yeah, but she sure could take a beating. Hit numerous times by kamikazes. She lost 800 men in one day.

The Intrepid survived five Japanese kamikaze suicide plane attacks and lost 270 crew members in the last two years of the Pacific war.

That's from the Associated Press. I know it's not the best source.

[buccaneer81]

The Intrepid survived five Japanese kamikaze suicide plane attacks and lost 270 crew members in the last two years of the Pacific war. That's from the Associated Press. I know it's not the best source.

You may be right. My number seems to be from the entire Task Force 38. 30 + ships.

Looks like Intrepid lost 65 men on 11-25-1944 during that engagement.