USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Organization
Found in 9 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
1943-1963 Cruise Book
Item
Identifier: CB 1943-1963
Scope and Contents
Table of Contents
Commanding Officer........................2
Commanding Carrier Division Twenty........4
Introduction..............................9
Origin of INTREPID Tradition..............11
The War Years.............................14
The Middle Years - "Mothballs"............102
Recommissioned Attack Carrier (CVA).......114
CVA to...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1943–63
1943-1968 Cruise Book
Item
Identifier: CB 1943-1968
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1943–68
Bernard J. St. John Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 027
Scope and Contents
Bernard “Ben” St. John served aboard Intrepid as an Avenger torpedo bomber pilot in VT-18 during World War II, from late 1944 until July 1945. St. John began his interview by discussing his hometown, Adams, Massachusetts, his years in high school, and some of his early jobs. He also recalled hearing about the war in Europe and later the attack on Pearl Harbor. St. John then discussed his decision to become a pilot, the different levels of pilot training, carrier quals, and his first landing...
Dates:
December 7, 2013
Joseph Barry Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 013
Scope and Contents
Joseph Barry served aboard Intrepid as a radioman during World War II. Barry began his interview by recalling the early years of his life. He then discussed how he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor and his decision to join the Navy. Barry next recounted becoming a radioman, seeing Intrepid for the first time, and working in the radio shack. He described the radio shack, stated the number of men that worked in that space, and explained the job they performed. Barry also noted that the...
Dates:
August 17, 2013
Kenneth Erger Oral History
Item
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
Raymond T. Stone Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 007
Scope and Contents
Raymond T. Stone served aboard Intrepid as a radarman second class during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. Stone began his interview by recalling the moment he heard of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He then discussed his decision to join the Navy, basic training, how he became a radarman, and his first time seeing Intrepid. Stone continued by describing his work in Intrepid’s combat information center (CIC). He covered topics such as the layout of CIC, the communication of information, the...
Dates:
June 14, 2013
Thomas Dugan Oral History
Item
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
William J. Murphy Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 016
Scope and Contents
William Murphy served aboard Intrepid as a musician third class and was a member of the Navy band (both the “square” and “swing” bands) during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. Murphy began his interview by stating that he remembered living in South Omaha, Nebraska, and then relocating to a small town near Chicago at the age of 4 or 5. Murphy explained that his mother and sister were musicians, and that he had experimented with music, playing all through high school, a theme that would...
Dates:
August 18, 2013
Filtered By
- Subject: Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strikes, November 25, 1944 X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 -- Torpedo Strike, February 17, 1944 7
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 6
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 6
- Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 5
- Intrepid -- flight deck 5
- Attack -- Torpedo Attack 4
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 4
- Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 -- Kamikaze Strike, April 16, 1945 4
- Commissioning, August 16, 1943 4
- Formosa Air Battle, October 12–14, 1944 4
- Intrepid -- hangar deck 4
- Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 4
- Preparations for Battle of Peliliu, September 6–14, 1944 4
- Shakedown Cruise, October 1943 4
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strike, October 29, 1944 4
- Strikes against the Philippines, October 29 – November 25, 1944 4
- Surrender of Japan, August 14, 1945 4
- Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 3
- Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 23–26, 1944 3
- Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 3
- Burial 3
- Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 3
- Communication Artifacts -- Documentary Artifacts -- Other Documents -- Serial -- Yearbook 3
- Damage Control 3
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 3
- Federated States of Micronesia (nation) -- Yap (state) -- Ulithi (atoll) 3
- Food 3
- Intrepid -- crew berthing 3
- Pre-World War II, ?–November 1941 3
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 3
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Typhoons 2
- Battle of Kwajalein Atoll, January 31– February 3, 1944 2
- Battle of Peliliu, September 15–November 27, 1944 2
- Communications Department 2
- Intrepid -- third deck -- mess 2
- Intrepid’s First Commissioning Anniversary, August 16, 1944 2
- Japan (nation) -- Okinawa (region (administrative region)) -- Okinawa (prefecture) -- Okinawa-shoto (island group) -- Okinawa-Jima (island) 2
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 2
- Mercury 7 recovery, May 24, 1962 2
- Modernization SCB-125, September 1956 – May 1957 2
- Modernization SCB-27C, 1952–1954 2
- Official Personnel -- Chaplains 2
- Operation Crosswind, December 1957 2
- Operation Strikeback, September 1957 2
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
- Raids on Japanese Home Islands, March 1945 2
- Raids on Japanese Home Islands, March 1945 -- Kamikaze Near-Miss, March 18, 1945 2
- Recommissioning, June 18, 1954 2
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 2
- Shakedown Cruise, January 1955 2
- Typhoon near Ulithi, October 3–4, 1944 2
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Newport News (independent city) -- Newport News (inhabited place) 2
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Francisco (county) -- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 2
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 2
- United States (nation) -- Massachusetts (state) -- Suffolk (county) -- Boston (inhabited place) 2
- United States (nation) -- New York (State) -- Seneca (County) -- Sampson Naval Training Station (naval base) 2
- Air Department 1
- 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
- Air Group 18 -- VT-18 1
- Aircraft -- Avenger -- TBF 1
- Aviation Machinist's Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class, AMM2 1
- Bermuda (dependent state) 1
- Brazil (nation) -- Rio de Janeiro (state) -- Rio de Janeiro (inhabited place) 1
- Canada (nation) -- Quebec (province) 1
- China (nation) -- Hong Kong (semi–independent political entity) -- Hong Kong Island (area) -- Hong Kong (island) 1
- Clothing -- Uniforms 1
- Communication Equipment -- Radio Equipment 1
- Criminal Justice System -- Law Enforcement -- Shore Patrol 1
- Cuba (nation) -- Guantánamo (province) -- Guantánamo, Bahía de (bay) -- Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (naval base) 1
- Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Education -- Training -- Flight Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training 1
- Engineering Department -- A Division 1
- Engineering Department -- B Division 1
- Engineering Department -- E Division 1
- Engineering Department -- M Division 1
- Ensign, O-1 1
- Fire Controlman Petty Officer 3rd Class, FC3 1
- First Vietnam Deployment, April – November 1966 1
- Flight -- Flight Maneuvers 1
- Gemini 3 recovery, March 23, 1965 1
- Gunnery -- Antiaircraft Gunnery 1
- Gunnery Department -- UF Weapons Department 1
- Hull Department 1
- Intrepid -- gallery deck -- combat information center (CIC) 1
- Intrepid -- fo’c’sle deck 1
- Intrepid -- gallery deck -- radio central 1
- Intrepid -- island 1
- Intrepid -- second deck -- ready room 1
- Intrepid -- second deck -- sick bay 1 ∧ less
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