USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
1943-1945 Cruise Book
Item
Identifier: CB 1943-1945
Abstract
The 1943-1945 Intrepid Cruise Book documents Intrepid's deployments during World War II in the Pacific Theater. It details major events that occured during 1943-1945, ports the crew visited, departments and air groups on board, and day to day life on board.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1943–46
Kenneth Erger Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 193
Scope and Contents
Kenneth Erger served aboard Intrepid as a fire controlman third class during World War II, from 1944 to 1946. He began his interview by discussing his childhood in Iowa and describing life growing up on a farm. Erger then explained his decision to join the Navy and described boot camp before stating that he went aboard Intrepid while the ship was in San Francisco. He noted the ship’s shakedown after being repaired from a torpedo strike and also recounted the arrival of the air group and the...
Dates:
April 11, 2019
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- Air Department -- V-1 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-2 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-3 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-4 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-5 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-6 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-7 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-8 Division 1
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Typhoons 1
- Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 1
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 1
- Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 23–26, 1944 1
- Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 1
- Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 -- Kamikaze Strike, April 16, 1945 1
- Burial 1
- Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 1
- Commissioning, August 16, 1943 1
- Communication Artifacts -- Documentary Artifacts -- Other Documents -- Serial -- Yearbook 1
- Communications Department 1
- Criminal Justice System -- Law Enforcement -- Shore Patrol 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Engineering Department -- A Division 1
- Engineering Department -- B Division 1
- Engineering Department -- E Division 1
- Engineering Department -- M Division 1
- Fire Controlman Petty Officer 3rd Class, FC3 1
- Food 1
- Formosa Air Battle, October 12–14, 1944 1
- Gunnery -- Antiaircraft Gunnery 1
- Gunnery Department -- UF Weapons Department 1
- Hull Department 1
- Intrepid -- crew berthing 1
- Intrepid -- flight deck 1
- Intrepid -- hangar deck 1
- Intrepid -- island 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Tōkyō (metropolis) -- Tokyo (inhabited place) 1
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 1
- Letter Writing 1
- Liberty 1
- Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Refueling 1
- Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Replenishment At Sea 1
- Marshall Islands (nation) -- Enewetak & Ujelang (municipality) -- Enewetak Atoll (atoll) 1
- Medical Department -- H Division 1
- Medical Department UF 1
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 1
- Navigation Department 1
- Northern Mariana Islands (dependent state) -- Saipan (island) 1
- Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 1
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
- Preparations for Battle of Peliliu, September 6–14, 1944 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
- Recreation -- Sports 1
- Shakedown Cruise, October 1943 1
- Strikes against the Philippines, October 29 – November 25, 1944 1
- Supply Department 1
- Trinidad and Tobago (nation) -- Port of Spain (city) -- Port of Spain (inhabited place) 1
- Typhoon near Ulithi, October 3–4, 1944 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Francisco (county) -- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Norfolk (independent city) -- Norfolk (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Norfolk (air base) 1
- Weapons -- Antiaircraft Guns 1
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1
- Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1 ∧ less
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