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USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Barry Oral History

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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

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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

Raymond T. Stone Oral History

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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

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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

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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

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  • Subject: Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strikes, November 25, 1944 X
  • Subject: Attack -- Kamikaze Attack X

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Subject
Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 -- Torpedo Strike, February 17, 1944 4
Intrepid -- flight deck 4
Attack -- Torpedo Attack 3
Burial 3
Damage Control 3
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Education -- Training -- Basic Training 3
Food 3
Intrepid -- crew berthing 3
Intrepid -- hangar deck 3
Pre-World War II, ?–November 1941 3
Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Typhoons 2
Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 2
Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 2
Japan (nation) -- Okinawa (region (administrative region)) -- Okinawa (prefecture) -- Okinawa-shoto (island group) -- Okinawa-Jima (island) 2
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 2
Surrender of Japan, August 14, 1945 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) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 2
United States (nation) -- New York (State) -- Seneca (County) -- Sampson Naval Training Station (naval base) 2
Air Department 1
Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 1
Aviation Machinist's Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class, AMM2 1
Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 -- Kamikaze Strike, April 16, 1945 1
Clothing -- Uniforms 1
Commissioning, August 16, 1943 1
Communication Equipment -- Radio Equipment 1
Communications Department 1
Criminal Justice System -- Law Enforcement -- Shore Patrol 1
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training 1
Federated States of Micronesia (nation) -- Yap (state) -- Ulithi (atoll) 1
Fire Controlman Petty Officer 3rd Class, FC3 1
Gunnery -- Antiaircraft Gunnery 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
Intrepid -- third deck -- mess 1
Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 1
Leave 1
Letter Writing 1
Liberty 1
Life(Biology) -- Death 1
Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Refueling 1
Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Replenishment At Sea 1
Musician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MU3 1
Official Personnel -- Chaplains 1
Operations Department -- OI Division 1
Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 1
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
Personnel -- Operators (Personnel) -- Radio Operators 1
Personnel -- Operators(Personnel) -- Pilots 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
Radar -- Radar Equipment 1
Radarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, RD2 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
Recreation -- Games 1
Recreation -- Sports 1
Religion 1
Shakedown Cruise, October 1943 1
Ships -- Naval Vessels -- Naval Vessels(Combatant) -- Submarines -- Attack Submarine 1
Standards -- Living Standards 1
Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strike, October 29, 1944 1
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Aleutian Islands (island group) 1
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Alameda (county) -- Alameda (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Alameda (air base) 1
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Francisco (county) -- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 1
United States (nation) -- Massachusetts (state) -- Suffolk (county) -- Boston (inhabited place) 1
United States (nation) -- Rhode Island (state) -- Newport (county) -- Rhode Island (island) -- Newport (inhabited place) -- Naval Station Newport (naval base) 1
Weapons -- Antiaircraft Guns 1
Wounds And Injuries 1
Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1
X Division -- Band 1
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