USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)

Organization

Staff Only

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

1943-1968 Cruise Book

Item

Identifier: CB 1943-1968

Dates: Majority of material found within 1943–68

Found in: Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Online Archives / 1943-1968 Cruise Book

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

Found in: Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Online Archives / James Smith Oral History

Filtered By

Subject: Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 X
Subject: United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Portsmouth (independent city) -- Portsmouth (inhabited place) X

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Subject: 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 Kwajalein Atoll, January 31– February 3, 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; Battle of Peliliu, September 15–November 27, 1944 1; Brazil (nation) -- Rio de Janeiro (state) -- Rio de Janeiro (inhabited place) 1; Burial 1; Casualties -- Amputees 1; Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 1; China (nation) -- Hong Kong (semi–independent political entity) -- Hong Kong Island (area) -- Hong Kong (island) 1; Commissioning, August 16, 1943 1; Communication Artifacts -- Documentary Artifacts -- Other Documents -- Serial -- Yearbook 1; Cuba (nation) -- Guantánamo (province) -- Guantánamo, Bahía de (bay) -- Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (naval base) 1; Federated States of Micronesia (nation) -- Chuuk (state) -- Truk Islands (island group) 1; First Vietnam Deployment, April – November 1966 1; Formosa Air Battle, October 12–14, 1944 1; Gemini 3 recovery, March 23, 1965 1; Gunnery -- Antiaircraft Gunnery 1; Gunnery Department -- 5th Division 1; Homefront 1; Intrepid -- crew berthing 1; Intrepid -- flight deck 1; Intrepid -- fo’c’sle deck 1; Intrepid -- island 1; Intrepid -- third deck -- mess 1; Intrepid’s First Commissioning Anniversary, August 16, 1944 1; Intrepid’s Second Commissioning Anniversary, August 16, 1945 1; Japan (nation) -- Nagasaki (prefecture) -- Nagasaki (inhabited place) 1; Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa-ken (prefecture) -- Yokohama (inhabited place) 1; Japan (nation) -- Nagasaki (prefecture) -- Sasebo (inhabited place) 1; Jobs -- Watch(Duty) 1; Launching and Christening, April 26, 1943 1; Life(Biology) -- Death 1; Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1; Mercury 7 recovery, May 24, 1962 1; Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 1; Modernization SCB-125, September 1956 – May 1957 1; Modernization SCB-27C, 1952–1954 1; Operation Crosswind, December 1957 1; Operation Strikeback, September 1957 1; Philippines 1; Philippines (nation) -- Olongapo (special city) -- Olongapo (inhabited place) 1; Preparations for Battle of Peliliu, September 6–14, 1944 1; Raids on Japanese Home Islands, March 1945 1; Recommissioning, June 18, 1954 1; Seaman 1st Class, S1 1; Seaman, E-3 1; Second Vietnam Deployment, May – December, 1967 1; Shakedown Cruise, January 1955 1; Singapore (nation) -- Singapore (inhabited place) 1; Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strikes, November 25, 1944 1; Strikes against the Philippines, October 29 – November 25, 1944 1; Third Vietnam Deployment, June 1968 – February 1969 1; Tonkin, Gulf of (gulf) -- Yankee Station (military installation) 1; Trinidad and Tobago (nation) -- Port of Spain (city) -- Port of Spain (inhabited place) 1; United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Francisco (county) -- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1; United States (nation) -- Florida (state) -- Duval (county) -- Jacksonville (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Cecil Field (air base) 1; United States (nation) -- Maryland (state) -- Cecil (county) -- Port Deposit (inhabited place) -- United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge (military installation) 1; World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1