USS Intrepid (CV-11/CVA-11/CVS-11) From World War II, Korea, and Vietnam to Museum Ship

USS Intrepid, the "Fighting I," was one of America's longest-serving aircraft carriers. Launched during WWII, Intrepid and her crews weathered kamikazes, torpedoes, and typhoons throughout three years of heavy combat. Decommissioned after WWII, Intrepid was recommissioned in 1955 and designated as an attack carrier (CVA), and in 1961 as an antisubmarine warfare carrier (CVS). In the early 1960s, Intrepid served to retrieve some of the nation's first astronauts during the pioneering Mercury and Gemini spaceflights. In 1966, Intrepid made the first of three deployments to the Tonkin Gulf for combat operations with Carrier Air Wing 10 during the Vietnam War. Intrepid cruised throughout the North Atlantic and Mediterranean in the early 1970s while patrolling for Soviet submarines in antisubmarine operations during the Cold War. With her days at sea over, Intrepid first hosted the Navy exhibits during the US bicentennial celebrations in 1976, before finding a new home as the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on the Hudson River waterfront in New York City.

ISBN:	9780764363573
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Imprint:	Schiffer Military
Published date:	28 Jul 2022
DEWEY:	359.94350973
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	144
Weight:	944g
Height:	235mm
Width:	235mm
Spine width:	21mm

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