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USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred A. "Pete" Smith Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 028
Scope and Contents Alfred “Pete” Smith served as the operations officer aboard Intrepid from 1970 to 1972. Smith began his interview by stating that he joined the Navy Reserves in 1947, at the age of 17. He then provided a brief outline of his early Navy career, from being an enlisted reservist, to joining a submarine division, and then entering the Naval Academy, graduating in 1953. Smith continued, recounting his assignments in the aviation community, from receiving his wings in November 1954, through...
Dates: January 16, 2014

Mike Wade Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 086
Scope and Contents Mike Wade served aboard Intrepid as an air intelligence officer in VA-34 during Intrepid’s second deployment to Vietnam in 1967. He began his interview by discussing his life before joining the Navy, stating that he grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, attended the University of Georgia, and graduated with a degree in chemistry. Wade then discussed his route to Navy flight training, noting that he had initially intended to be a pilot, before explaining why he eventually became an air intelligence...
Dates: September 19, 2015

Robert L. Owens Oral History (Second Interview)

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Identifier: OHP 126
Scope and Contents Robert L. Owens served aboard Growler, first as executive officer, then as commanding officer, from February 1960 to December 13, 1963. He began his second interview by recalling his early Navy career when he was drafted during World War II. Owens stated that he attended boot camp in Farragut, ID, and electrician school, before volunteering for submarine service and completing five war patrols on Tinosa. After discussing his experiences in the submarine service during World War II, Owens...
Dates: March 14, 2017

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  • Subject: Cold War, October 1945–March 15, 1974 X
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Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 2
Intrepid -- second deck -- wardroom 2
Acoustic Equipment -- Acoustic Detectors -- Sonobuoys 1
Air Traffic Control Systems 1
Aircraft -- Tracker -- S2F -- UF Stoof 1
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CVW-10 -- VA-34 1
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Commanding Officer 1
Communication And Radio Systems -- Telecommunications -- Television Systems -- Closed Circuit Television 1
Communications Technicians, CTs 1
Cryptology 1
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
Defense Planning -- Military Planning -- Naval Planning 1
Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
Discipline 1
Education -- Training -- Flight Training 1
Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
Executive Officer 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
Food 1
Growler -- control room and attack center 1
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
Growler -- officer stateroom 1
Growler -- sail 1
Growler -- wardroom 1
Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
Intrepid -- gallery deck -- combat information center (CIC) 1
Intrepid -- gallery deck -- carrier air traffic control center (CATCC) 1
Intrepid -- gallery deck -- cryptology 1
Intrepid -- island -- flag bridge level -- flag bridge 1
Intrepid -- second deck -- ready room 1
Intrepid -- stateroom 1
Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 1
Lieutenant Commander, O-4 1
Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
Mathematics -- Cryptography -- Secure Communications 1
Military Operations -- Reconnaissance -- Overflight 1
Operations Department 1
Philippines 1
Planning -- Defense Planning -- Military Planning -- Naval Planning 1
Processing Equipment -- Data Processing Equipment -- Input Output Devices -- Plotters -- Plotting Boards 1
Radar -- Radar Equipment 1
Radar -- Radar Tracking 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
Rescues -- Sea Rescues 1
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 1
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
Second Vietnam Deployment, May – December, 1967 1
Ships -- Naval Vessels -- Naval Vessels(Combatant) -- Submarines -- Nuclear Powered Submarines 1
Social Sciences -- Psychology -- Social Psychology -- Human Relations -- Race Relations 1
Sonar Equipment 1
Spain (nation) -- Catalonia (autonomous community) -- Barcelona (province) -- Barcelona (inhabited place) 1
Strategy -- Deterrence 1
Strategy -- Military Tactics -- Rules Of Engagement 1
Tracking -- Acoustic Tracking 1
USS Forrestal Fire, July 29, 1967 1
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 1
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Point Mugu (cape) -- Naval Air Station Point Mugu (air base) 1
United States (nation) -- Florida (state) -- Duval (county) -- Jacksonville (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Cecil Field (air base) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 1
United States (nation) -- Rhode Island (state) -- Washington (county) -- Quonset Point (cape) -- Naval Air Station Quonset Point (air base) 1
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
Viet Nam (nation) -- Hải Phòng (municipality) -- Hải Phòng (inhabited place) 1
Vietnam War, 1966–68 1
Warfare -- Aerial Warfare -- Air Strikes 1
Warfare -- Electronic Warfare -- Electronic Countermeasures -- Radar Countermeasures -- Radar Jamming 1
Warfare -- Undersea Warfare -- AntiSubmarine Warfare 1
Weapons -- Antiaircraft Guns 1
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