USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Raymond T. Stone Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 007
Scope and Contents
Raymond T. Stone served aboard Intrepid as a radarman second class during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. Stone began his interview by recalling the moment he heard of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He then discussed his decision to join the Navy, basic training, how he became a radarman, and his first time seeing Intrepid. Stone continued by describing his work in Intrepid’s combat information center (CIC). He covered topics such as the layout of CIC, the communication of information, the...
Dates:
June 14, 2013
Thomas Dugan Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 015
Scope and Contents
Thomas Dugan, from Greenwood, Texas, served aboard Intrepid as an aviation machinist's mate second class during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. He began his interview by discussing his childhood and explaining his jobs with the Civilian Conservations Corps and the Terrell Aviation School in Terrell, Texas. He then discussed his decision to join the Navy. Dugan continued, noting boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois, his brief assignment to Wolverine, and his orders to Intrepid, explaining that...
Dates:
August 17, 2013
William J. Murphy Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 016
Scope and Contents
William Murphy served aboard Intrepid as a musician third class and was a member of the Navy band (both the “square” and “swing” bands) during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. Murphy began his interview by stating that he remembered living in South Omaha, Nebraska, and then relocating to a small town near Chicago at the age of 4 or 5. Murphy explained that his mother and sister were musicians, and that he had experimented with music, playing all through high school, a theme that would...
Dates:
August 18, 2013
Filtered By
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 4
- Intrepid -- hangar deck 4
- Attack -- Torpedo Attack 3
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 -- Torpedo Strike, February 17, 1944 3
- Burial 3
- Damage Control 3
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 3
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Typhoons 2
- Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 2
- Federated States of Micronesia (nation) -- Yap (state) -- Ulithi (atoll) 2
- Food 2
- Intrepid -- crew berthing 2
- Japan (nation) -- Okinawa (region (administrative region)) -- Okinawa (prefecture) -- Okinawa-shoto (island group) -- Okinawa-Jima (island) 2
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 2
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
- Pre-World War II, ?–November 1941 2
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 2
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strike, October 29, 1944 2
- Typhoon near Ulithi, October 3–4, 1944 2
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Newport News (independent city) -- Newport News (inhabited place) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 2
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 2
- Air Department 1
- Air Group 18 -- VT-18 1
- Aircraft -- Avenger -- TBF 1
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 1
- Aviation Machinist's Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class, AMM2 1
- Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 -- Kamikaze Strike, April 16, 1945 1
- Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 1
- Commissioning, August 16, 1943 1
- Criminal Justice System -- Law Enforcement -- Shore Patrol 1
- Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Education -- Training -- Flight Training 1
- Ensign, O-1 1
- Fire Controlman Petty Officer 3rd Class, FC3 1
- Flight -- Flight Maneuvers 1
- Formosa Air Battle, October 12–14, 1944 1
- Gunnery -- Antiaircraft Gunnery 1
- Intrepid -- gallery deck -- combat information center (CIC) 1
- Intrepid -- island 1
- Intrepid -- second deck -- ready room 1
- Intrepid -- squadron ready room 1
- Intrepid -- third deck -- mess 1
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Crash Landings 1
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Crash Landings -- Ditching 1
- Leave 1
- Letter Writing 1
- Liberty 1
- Life(Biology) -- Death 1
- Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Refueling 1
- Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Replenishment At Sea 1
- Musician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MU3 1
- Official Personnel -- Chaplains 1
- Operations Department -- OI Division 1
- Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
- Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 1
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
- Personnel -- Operators(Personnel) -- Pilots 1
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
- Preparations for Battle of Peliliu, September 6–14, 1944 1
- Radar -- Radar Equipment 1
- Radarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, RD2 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
- Recreation -- Games 1
- Recreation -- Sports 1
- Shakedown Cruise, October 1943 1
- Ships -- Naval Vessels -- Naval Vessels(Combatant) -- Submarines -- Attack Submarine 1
- Strikes against the Philippines, October 29 – November 25, 1944 1
- Surrender of Japan, August 14, 1945 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Alameda (county) -- Alameda (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Alameda (air base) 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) -- Illinois (state) -- Cook (county) -- Glenview (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Glenview (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Massachusetts (state) -- Suffolk (county) -- Boston (inhabited place) 1
- United States (nation) -- New York (State) -- Seneca (County) -- Sampson Naval Training Station (naval base) 1
- United States (nation) -- North Carolina (state) -- Orange (county) -- Chapel Hill (inhabited place) 1
- United States (nation) -- Rhode Island (state) -- Newport (county) -- Rhode Island (island) -- Newport (inhabited place) -- Naval Station Newport (naval base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Texas (state) -- Nueces (county) -- Corpus Christi (inhabited place) -- Navy Landing Airfield Cabaniss (air base) 1
- Weapons -- Antiaircraft Guns 1
- Wounds And Injuries 1
- Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1
- X Division -- Band 1 ∧ less
∨ more