USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
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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
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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- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Typhoons 2
- Attack -- Torpedo Attack 2
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 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
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strike, October 29, 1944 2
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strikes, November 25, 1944 2
- Typhoon near Ulithi, October 3–4, 1944 2
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Newport News (independent city) -- Newport News (inhabited place) 2
- Air Department 1
- Aircraft -- Japanese -- Mitsubish -- G4M -- UF Betty 1
- Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 1
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 1
- Aviation Machinist's Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class, AMM2 1
- Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Applied Psychology -- Propaganda 1
- Burial 1
- Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 1
- Commissioning, August 16, 1943 1
- Criminal Justice System -- Law Enforcement -- Shore Patrol 1
- Damage Control 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 -- crew berthing 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
- 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
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
- Pre-World War II, ?–November 1941 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) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 1
- Weapons -- Antiaircraft Guns 1
- Wounds And Injuries 1
- Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1 ∧ less
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