USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph D. Murphy Sr. Oral History
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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
Raymond T. Stone Oral History
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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
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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
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- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 -- Torpedo Strike, February 17, 1944 3
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 3
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strikes, November 25, 1944 3
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Typhoons 2
- Attack -- Torpedo Attack 2
- Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 2
- Burial 2
- Damage Control 2
- Food 2
- Gunnery -- Antiaircraft Gunnery 2
- Intrepid -- island 2
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 2
- Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 2
- Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 2
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
- Pre-World War II, ?–November 1941 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
- Air Department 1
- Aircraft -- Japanese -- Mitsubish -- G4M -- UF Betty 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
- Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Applied Psychology -- Propaganda 1
- Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 1
- Commissioning, August 16, 1943 1
- Criminal Justice System -- Law Enforcement -- Shore Patrol 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 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
- Gunnery Department -- 5th Division 1
- Homefront 1
- Industrial Mobilization 1
- Intrepid -- gallery deck -- combat information center (CIC) 1
- Intrepid -- crew berthing 1
- Intrepid -- island -- navigating bridge level 1
- Intrepid -- second deck -- 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) -- Okinawa (region (administrative region)) -- Okinawa (prefecture) -- Okinawa-shoto (island group) -- Okinawa-Jima (island) 1
- Letter Writing 1
- Liberty 1
- Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
- Life(Biology) -- Death 1
- Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Refueling 1
- Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Replenishment At Sea 1
- Official Personnel -- Chaplains 1
- Operations Department -- OI Division 1
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
- Personnel -- Operators(Personnel) -- Pilots 1
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
- Radar -- Radar Equipment 1
- Radarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, RD2 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 -- Games 1
- Recreation -- Sports 1
- Rescues -- Sea Rescues 1
- Shakedown Cruise, October 1943 1
- Standards -- Living Standards 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 Francisco (county) -- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 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) -- Rhode Island (state) -- Newport (county) -- Rhode Island (island) -- Newport (inhabited place) -- Naval Station Newport (naval base) 1
- Weapons -- Antiaircraft Guns 1
- Wounds And Injuries 1
- Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1 ∧ less
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