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USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred A. "Pete" Smith Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 028
Scope and Contents Alfred “Pete” Smith served as the operations officer aboard Intrepid from 1970 to 1972. Smith began his interview by stating that he joined the Navy Reserves in 1947, at the age of 17. He then provided a brief outline of his early Navy career, from being an enlisted reservist, to joining a submarine division, and then entering the Naval Academy, graduating in 1953. Smith continued, recounting his assignments in the aviation community, from receiving his wings in November 1954, through...
Dates: January 16, 2014

Jimm Larry Hendren Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 023
Scope and Contents Jimm Larry Hendren served aboard Intrepid as the ship’s legal officer during the 1966 WESTPAC cruise to Vietnam. Hendren began his interview by discussing his family’s history and describing his education, from high school through Naval Justice School. He then continued, stating that his first orders were as Assistant Legal Officer at Commander Fleet Air Norfolk, where a fortuitous meeting with Captain Giuseppe Macri and Captain John Fair resulted in Hendren becoming Intrepid’s legal...
Dates: November 11, 2013

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

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  • Subject: Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings X
  • Subject: Intrepid -- island X

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Intrepid -- flight deck 3
Intrepid -- island 3
Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Typhoons 2
Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 2
Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 -- Torpedo Strike, February 17, 1944 2
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Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 2
Cold War, October 1945–March 15, 1974 2
Gunnery -- Antiaircraft Gunnery 2
Intrepid -- hangar deck 2
Intrepid -- second deck -- ready room 2
Letter Writing 2
Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 2
Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strike, October 29, 1944 2
Typhoon near Ulithi, October 3–4, 1944 2
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 2
Accidents -- Aviation Accidents -- Crash Landings 1
Acoustic Equipment -- Acoustic Detectors -- Sonobuoys 1
Air Traffic Control Systems 1
Aircraft -- Japanese -- Mitsubish -- G4M -- UF Betty 1
Aircraft -- Skyhawk 1
Aircraft -- Skyraider 1
Aircraft -- Soviet Cold War -- Mikoyan-Gurevich 1
Aircraft -- Tracker -- S2F -- UF Stoof 1
Arresting(Process) 1
Attack -- Torpedo Attack 1
Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 1
Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Applied Psychology -- Propaganda 1
Burial 1
Chains -- Anchor Chains 1
Commissioning, August 16, 1943 1
Communication And Radio Systems -- Telecommunications -- Television Systems -- Closed Circuit Television 1
Criminal Justice System -- Law Enforcement -- Shore Patrol 1
Cryptology 1
Defense Planning -- Military Planning -- Naval Planning 1
Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing 1
Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training 1
Egypt (nation) -- Suez (governorate) -- Suez Canal (canal) 1
Emergencies 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
First Vietnam Deployment, April – November 1966 1
Food 1
Gunnery Department -- 5th Division 1
Homefront 1
Industrial Mobilization 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
Intrepid -- gallery deck -- combat information center (CIC) 1
Intrepid -- crew berthing 1
Intrepid -- fo’c’sle deck 1
Intrepid -- gallery deck -- carrier air traffic control center (CATCC) 1
Intrepid -- gallery deck -- cryptology 1
Intrepid -- island -- flag bridge level -- flag bridge 1
Intrepid -- island -- navigating bridge level 1
Intrepid -- second deck -- wardroom 1
Intrepid -- stateroom 1
Intrepid -- third deck -- mess 1
Italy (nation) -- Lazio (region (administrative division)) -- Roma (province) -- Rome (inhabited place) 1
Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa-ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited place) 1
Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
Legislation -- Military Law 1
Liberty 1
Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Refueling 1
Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Replenishment At Sea 1
Mathematics -- Cryptography -- Secure Communications 1
Military Operations -- Reconnaissance -- Overflight 1
Morale 1
Official Personnel -- Chaplains 1
Operations Department 1
Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 1
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
Philippines (nation) -- Olongapo (special city) -- Olongapo (inhabited place) -- U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay (naval base) 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
Poisoning 1
Pre-World War II, ?–November 1941 1
Processing Equipment -- Data Processing Equipment -- Input Output Devices -- Plotters -- Plotting Boards 1
Radar -- Radar Tracking 1
Raids on Japanese Home Islands, March 1945 -- Kamikaze Near-Miss, March 18, 1945 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
Recreation -- Sports 1
Rescues -- Sea Rescues 1
Shakedown Cruise, October 1943 1
Ships -- Naval Vessels -- Naval Vessels(Combatant) -- Submarines -- Nuclear Powered Submarines 1
Sonar Equipment 1
Spain (nation) -- Catalonia (autonomous community) -- Barcelona (province) -- Barcelona (inhabited place) 1
Standards -- Living Standards 1
Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strikes, November 25, 1944 1
Surrender of Japan, August 14, 1945 1
Tracking -- Acoustic Tracking 1
United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Newport News (independent city) -- Newport News (inhabited place) 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
United States (nation) -- Rhode Island (state) -- Newport (county) -- Rhode Island (island) -- Newport (inhabited place) -- Naval Station Newport (naval base) 1
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