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USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

1943-1945 Cruise Book

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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

1943-1968 Cruise Book

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Identifier: CB 1943-1968
Dates: Majority of material found within 1943–68

Kenneth Erger Oral History

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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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  • Subject: Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 X
  • Subject: Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strike, October 29, 1944 X
  • Subject: Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strikes, November 25, 1944 X

Additional filters:

Subject
Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 2
Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 23–26, 1944 2
Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 2
Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 -- Kamikaze Strike, April 16, 1945 2
Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 2
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Commissioning, August 16, 1943 2
Communication Artifacts -- Documentary Artifacts -- Other Documents -- Serial -- Yearbook 2
Federated States of Micronesia (nation) -- Yap (state) -- Ulithi (atoll) 2
Formosa Air Battle, October 12–14, 1944 2
Official Personnel -- Chaplains 2
Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 2
Preparations for Battle of Peliliu, September 6–14, 1944 2
Shakedown Cruise, October 1943 2
Strikes against the Philippines, October 29 – November 25, 1944 2
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
Battle of Kwajalein Atoll, January 31– February 3, 1944 1
Battle of Peliliu, September 15–November 27, 1944 1
Brazil (nation) -- Rio de Janeiro (state) -- Rio de Janeiro (inhabited place) 1
Burial 1
China (nation) -- Hong Kong (semi–independent political entity) -- Hong Kong Island (area) -- Hong Kong (island) 1
Communications Department 1
Criminal Justice System -- Law Enforcement -- Shore Patrol 1
Cuba (nation) -- Guantánamo (province) -- Guantánamo, Bahía de (bay) -- Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (naval base) 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
First Vietnam Deployment, April – November 1966 1
Food 1
Gemini 3 recovery, March 23, 1965 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
Intrepid’s First Commissioning Anniversary, August 16, 1944 1
Intrepid’s Second Commissioning Anniversary, August 16, 1945 1
Japan (nation) -- Nagasaki (prefecture) -- Nagasaki (inhabited place) 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
Japan (nation) -- Nagasaki (prefecture) -- Sasebo (inhabited place) 1
Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 1
Launching and Christening, April 26, 1943 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
Mercury 7 recovery, May 24, 1962 1
Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 1
Modernization SCB-125, September 1956 – May 1957 1
Modernization SCB-27C, 1952–1954 1
Navigation Department 1
Northern Mariana Islands (dependent state) -- Saipan (island) 1
Operation Crosswind, December 1957 1
Operation Strikeback, September 1957 1
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
Philippines 1
Philippines (nation) -- Olongapo (special city) -- Olongapo (inhabited place) 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
Raids on Japanese Home Islands, March 1945 1
Raids on Japanese Home Islands, March 1945 -- Kamikaze Near-Miss, March 18, 1945 1
Recommissioning, June 18, 1954 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
Recreation -- Sports 1
Second Vietnam Deployment, May – December, 1967 1
Shakedown Cruise, January 1955 1
Singapore (nation) -- Singapore (inhabited place) 1
Supply Department 1
Surrender of Japan, August 14, 1945 1
Third Vietnam Deployment, June 1968 – February 1969 1
Tonkin, Gulf of (gulf) -- Yankee Station (military installation) 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) -- Florida (state) -- Duval (county) -- Jacksonville (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Cecil Field (air base) 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
United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Portsmouth (independent city) -- Portsmouth (inhabited place) 1
Weapons -- Antiaircraft Guns 1
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1
Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1
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