Historic aircraft carrier Intrepid out of water for body makeover

Forbes ^ | April 10, 2007 | PAT MILTON

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Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Intrepid

 

USS INTREPID (CV-11)

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum Photograph, Dec 2006

Class: Essex (short hull group) Aircraft Carrier
Launched: April 26, 1943
At: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia
Commissioned: August 16, 1943
Modernized: in 1954 and 1959

Length: 898 feet, as converted
Beam: 103 feet
Draft: 32 feet
Displacement: 33,292 tons
Armament: WWII: 90+ aircraft; twelve 5-inch/38 caliber, 40mm and 20mm guns. Post War: 45+ aircraft, four 5-inch/38 caliber guns

Address:
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
Pier 86
West 46th Street & 12th Avenue
New York, New York 10036-4103
(212) 245-0072
Fax: (212) 245-7289
http://www.intrepidmuseum.org

USS Intrepid temporarily closed for renovation of her pier, repair of her hull, and update of exhibits in Nov 2006. She is expected to reopen in Nov 2008.

USS Intrepid won fame in the Pacific in World War II as the "Fighting I." She survived numerous kamikaze and bomb hits. The carrier fought in the Battle for Leyte Gulf in October 1944. Her combat record includes the sinking of two Japanese battleships and numerous other vessels, as well as the destruction of more than 600 enemy aircraft. Intrepid served three combat tours off Vietnam and twice as NASA Prime Recovery Ship for the manned space program. She was decommissioned in 1974, but was assigned by Congress as the Bicentennial Exposition Ship at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1975-76.

USS Intrepid embarked on her second career as a sea air space museum in New York City in 1982. On her flight deck are more than 30 aircraft representing all of the U.S. armed services as well as British, French and Soviet jet fighters. This collection features an A-12 blackbird flown by the CIA throughout the Cold War. Permanent and rotating exhibits on Intrepid's hangar deck depict the past, present and future of military technology. Other displays honor all who have served this nation in uniform.

USS Intrepid is a National Historic Landmark.

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum Photograph

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Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum -

Live video of ongoing renovations to Pier 86 and Intrepid can now be viewed daily on www.intrepidmuseum.org through Earthcam.

[Thrownatbirth]

I bet landing that SR-71 was a challenge.

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I bet landing that SR-71 was a challenge.

LMAO

It was one of our WW2 secrets....they ran out of the other aircraft types so they added a few SR-71's to the inventory   :-)

[Thrownatbirth]

It was one of our WW2 secrets

"Three Seconds Over Tokyo"

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Vietnam Veterans & Family Members on FR Ping :-)

Intrepid served three combat tours off Vietnam

[Eye of Unk]

Wouldn’t it be a hoot if Iran was to think the Intrepid was also on its way to join the rest of the fleet?

Our other little secret battle plan, the fully armed and OPERATIONAL Intrepid!

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Free Republic Veterans Ping :-)

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Wouldn’t it be a hoot if Iran was to think the Intrepid was also on its way to join the rest of the fleet?

Our other little secret battle plan, the fully armed and OPERATIONAL Intrepid!

Oh, that would be PERFECT!

Since there are webcams set up to broadcast live imagery of the renovation, it wouldn't take much to cut into the video feed and send footage generated at a Hollywood studio, showing the retrofitting of a nuclear powerplant and advanced weaponry and electronics...they would be eager to believe that the news reports about a mere $5m makeover were nothing more than a CIA ruse   :-)

Wouldn’t it be a hoot if Iran was to think the Intrepid was also on its way to join the rest of the fleet?

Our other little secret battle plan, the fully armed and OPERATIONAL Intrepid!

[theDentist]

"We can hardly wait to see what 'Extreme Makeover' does with this! Will the
grey be painted over with violet? Will the antennaes be replaced with palm trees?
Those railings replaced with hedges and trimmings? Stay tuned!"

[BallyBill]

It took a complex engineering feat just to have the blocks milled to mimic each dent and scar in the keel from years of wartime service, including repeated Japanese kamikaze and torpedo attacks,...

Wow! Talk about Living History.

[AFreeBird]

"Three Seconds Over Tokyo"

maybe at half throttle.

The speed record it holds works out to be about 36.5 miles per second.

[mund1011]

Don’t think so.

36.5 mi/sec x (60 sec/min) x (60 min/hr) = 131,400 mi/hr????

[nomodem]

The speed record it holds works out to be about 36.5 miles per second.

Wow - 131,400 mph - I don't think so.

[tgusa]

Interesting, thanks for the post! I thought I saw an A6-F Intruder ......the A-6F was supposed to be an interim step to the A-12 Avenger II, a stealthy carrier-based attack aircraft which was terminated during development due to cost overruns. Basically the A-6F was a digital Intruder. Only 2 or 3 were ever produced; think they were produced at company (Grumman) expense. They were fully functional but never procured by the USN.

[LIConFem]

I watched them float that SR-71 up the Hudson on a barge when I worked in the WTC.

[magslinger]

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[AFreeBird]

LOL, wow did I screw up a calc or what. Thanks for catching that.

I probably shouldn't try math calculations until I've had my morning coffee.

[ken5050]

What is amazing that several times during WW II... heavily damaged carriers were repaired at Pearl within 48-72 HOURS..then sent back out...