USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph D. Murphy Sr. Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 001
Scope and Contents
Joseph D. Murphy served aboard Intrepid as a gunnery officer and deck officer during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. Murphy began his interview by discussing his family and the community where he was raised. He then described hearing the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor, joining the Navy Reserve, and receiving his commission as an ensign from Columbia midshipmen school. Murphy then continued, describing the first time he saw Intrepid and Intrepid’s commissioning ceremony. At this time,...
Dates:
May 24, 2013
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
William J. Murphy Oral History
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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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Attack -- Torpedo Attack 2
- Burial 2
- Commissioning, August 16, 1943 2
- Gunnery -- Antiaircraft Gunnery 2
- Intrepid -- crew berthing 2
- Intrepid -- hangar deck 2
- Intrepid -- island 2
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 2
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
- Pre-World War II, ?–November 1941 2
- Shakedown Cruise, October 1943 2
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strike, October 29, 1944 2
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strikes, November 25, 1944 2
- Surrender of Japan, August 14, 1945 2
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Newport News (independent city) -- Newport News (inhabited place) 2
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Francisco (county) -- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 2
- Aircraft -- Japanese -- Mitsubish -- G4M -- UF Betty 1
- Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 1
- Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Applied Psychology -- Propaganda 1
- Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 1
- Criminal Justice System -- Law Enforcement -- Shore Patrol 1
- Damage Control 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
- Federated States of Micronesia (nation) -- Chuuk (state) -- Truk Islands (island group) -- Truk Lagoon (anchorage) 1
- Federated States of Micronesia (nation) -- Yap (state) -- Ulithi (atoll) 1
- Fire Controlman Petty Officer 3rd Class, FC3 1
- Food 1
- Gunnery Department -- 5th Division 1
- Homefront 1
- Industrial Mobilization 1
- Intrepid -- island -- navigating bridge level 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) -- Okinawa (region (administrative region)) -- Okinawa (prefecture) -- Okinawa-shoto (island group) -- Okinawa-Jima (island) 1
- Leave 1
- Letter Writing 1
- Liberty 1
- Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
- Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Refueling 1
- Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Replenishment At Sea 1
- Musician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MU3 1
- Official Personnel -- Chaplains 1
- Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
- Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 1
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
- Raids on Japanese Home Islands, March 1945 -- Kamikaze Near-Miss, March 18, 1945 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
- Recreation -- Sports 1
- Rescues -- Sea Rescues 1
- Ships -- Naval Vessels -- Naval Vessels(Combatant) -- Submarines -- Attack Submarine 1
- Standards -- Living Standards 1
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 1
- Weapons -- Antiaircraft Guns 1
- Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1
- X Division -- Band 1 ∧ less
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