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
Bernard J. St. John Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 027
Scope and Contents
Bernard “Ben” St. John served aboard Intrepid as an Avenger torpedo bomber pilot in VT-18 during World War II, from late 1944 until July 1945. St. John began his interview by discussing his hometown, Adams, Massachusetts, his years in high school, and some of his early jobs. He also recalled hearing about the war in Europe and later the attack on Pearl Harbor. St. John then discussed his decision to become a pilot, the different levels of pilot training, carrier quals, and his first landing...
Dates:
December 7, 2013
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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
- Air Group 18 -- VT-18 1
- Aircraft -- Avenger -- TBF 1
- Attack -- Torpedo Attack 1
- Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 1
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 1
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 -- Torpedo Strike, February 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
- Commissioning, August 16, 1943 1
- Communication Artifacts -- Documentary Artifacts -- Other Documents -- Serial -- Yearbook 1
- Communications Department 1
- Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing 1
- Education -- Training -- Flight Training 1
- Engineering Department -- A Division 1
- Engineering Department -- B Division 1
- Engineering Department -- E Division 1
- Engineering Department -- M Division 1
- Ensign, O-1 1
- Flight -- Flight Maneuvers 1
- Gunnery Department -- UF Weapons Department 1
- Hull Department 1
- Intrepid -- flight deck 1
- Intrepid -- hangar deck 1
- Intrepid -- squadron ready room 1
- Intrepid -- third deck -- mess 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
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Crash Landings 1
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Crash Landings -- Ditching 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
- Official Personnel -- Chaplains 1
- Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 1
- Shakedown Cruise, October 1943 1
- Supply Department 1
- Trinidad and Tobago (nation) -- Port of Spain (city) -- Port of Spain (inhabited place) 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Francisco (county) -- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Francisco (county) -- San Francisco (inhabited place) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Naval Air Station Barbers Point (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Cook (county) -- Glenview (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Glenview (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 1
- United States (nation) -- North Carolina (state) -- Orange (county) -- Chapel Hill (inhabited place) 1
- United States (nation) -- Texas (state) -- Nueces (county) -- Corpus Christi (inhabited place) -- Navy Landing Airfield Cabaniss (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Norfolk (independent city) -- Norfolk (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Norfolk (air base) 1
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1 ∧ less
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