USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
1943-1945 Cruise Book
Item
Identifier: CB 1943-1945
Abstract
The 1943-1945 Intrepid Cruise Book documents Intrepid's deployments during World War II in the Pacific Theater. It details major events that occured during 1943-1945, ports the crew visited, departments and air groups on board, and day to day life on board.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1943–46
James Smith Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 012
Scope and Contents
James Smith served aboard Intrepid during World War II, from 1943 to 1946, and was a seaman first class stationed as a first loader on a 40mm gun. Smith began his interview by providing a brief background of his life before he joined the Navy. He then discussed his decision join the Navy, how he felt after the Pearl Harbor attack, being assigned to gunnery, and his job as a first loader. After focusing on his initial Navy experiences, Smith described the first time he saw Intrepid, as well...
Dates:
August 16, 2013
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- Air Department -- V-1 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-2 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-3 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-4 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-5 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-6 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-7 Division 1
- Air Department -- V-8 Division 1
- Aircraft -- Japanese -- Mitsubish -- G4M -- UF Betty 1
- Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 1
- Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 1
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 1
- Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 23–26, 1944 1
- Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 1
- Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 -- Kamikaze Strike, April 16, 1945 1
- Burial 1
- Casualties -- Amputees 1
- Commissioning, August 16, 1943 1
- Communication Artifacts -- Documentary Artifacts -- Other Documents -- Serial -- Yearbook 1
- Communications Department 1
- Engineering Department -- A Division 1
- Engineering Department -- B Division 1
- Engineering Department -- E Division 1
- Engineering Department -- M Division 1
- Federated States of Micronesia (nation) -- Chuuk (state) -- Truk Islands (island group) 1
- Federated States of Micronesia (nation) -- Yap (state) -- Ulithi (atoll) 1
- Formosa Air Battle, October 12–14, 1944 1
- Gunnery -- Antiaircraft Gunnery 1
- Gunnery Department -- 5th Division 1
- Gunnery Department -- UF Weapons Department 1
- Homefront 1
- Hull Department 1
- Intrepid -- crew berthing 1
- Intrepid -- flight deck 1
- Intrepid -- fo’c’sle deck 1
- Intrepid -- island 1
- Intrepid -- third deck -- mess 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa-ken (prefecture) -- Yokohama (inhabited place) 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Tōkyō (metropolis) -- Tokyo (inhabited place) 1
- Jobs -- Watch(Duty) 1
- Life(Biology) -- Death 1
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
- Marshall Islands (nation) -- Enewetak & Ujelang (municipality) -- Enewetak Atoll (atoll) 1
- Medical Department -- H Division 1
- Medical Department UF 1
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 1
- Navigation Department 1
- Northern Mariana Islands (dependent state) -- Saipan (island) 1
- Official Personnel -- Chaplains 1
- Preparations for Battle of Peliliu, September 6–14, 1944 1
- Raids on Japanese Home Islands, March 1945 -- Kamikaze Near-Miss, March 18, 1945 1
- Seaman 1st Class, S1 1
- Seaman, E-3 1
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strikes, November 25, 1944 1
- Strikes against the Philippines, October 29 – November 25, 1944 1
- Supply Department 1
- Surrender of Japan, August 14, 1945 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Maryland (state) -- Cecil (county) -- Port Deposit (inhabited place) -- United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge (military installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Norfolk (independent city) -- Norfolk (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Norfolk (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Portsmouth (independent city) -- Portsmouth (inhabited place) 1
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1 ∧ less
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