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USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

1943-1968 Cruise Book

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Identifier: CB 1943-1968
Dates: Majority of material found within 1943–68

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: Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strike, October 29, 1944 X
  • Subject: Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line X

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Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Typhoons 1
Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 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
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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
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
Criminal Justice System -- Law Enforcement -- Shore Patrol 1
Cuba (nation) -- Guantánamo (province) -- Guantánamo, Bahía de (bay) -- Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (naval base) 1
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 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
Formosa Air Battle, October 12–14, 1944 1
Gemini 3 recovery, March 23, 1965 1
Gunnery -- Antiaircraft Gunnery 1
Intrepid -- crew berthing 1
Intrepid -- flight deck 1
Intrepid -- hangar deck 1
Intrepid -- island 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) -- Nagasaki (prefecture) -- Sasebo (inhabited place) 1
Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 1
Launching and Christening, April 26, 1943 1
Letter Writing 1
Liberty 1
Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Refueling 1
Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Replenishment At Sea 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
Official Personnel -- Chaplains 1
Operation Crosswind, December 1957 1
Operation Strikeback, September 1957 1
Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 1
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
Philippines 1
Philippines (nation) -- Olongapo (special city) -- Olongapo (inhabited place) 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
Preparations for Battle of Peliliu, September 6–14, 1944 1
Raids on Japanese Home Islands, March 1945 1
Raids on Japanese Home Islands, March 1945 -- Kamikaze Near-Miss, March 18, 1945 1
Recommissioning, June 18, 1954 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
Recreation -- Sports 1
Second Vietnam Deployment, May – December, 1967 1
Shakedown Cruise, January 1955 1
Shakedown Cruise, October 1943 1
Singapore (nation) -- Singapore (inhabited place) 1
Strikes against the Philippines, October 29 – November 25, 1944 1
Surrender of Japan, August 14, 1945 1
Third Vietnam Deployment, June 1968 – February 1969 1
Tonkin, Gulf of (gulf) -- Yankee Station (military installation) 1
Typhoon near Ulithi, October 3–4, 1944 1
United States (nation) -- Florida (state) -- Duval (county) -- Jacksonville (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Cecil Field (air base) 1
United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Portsmouth (independent city) -- Portsmouth (inhabited place) 1
Weapons -- Antiaircraft Guns 1
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1
Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1
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