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Essex-class aircraft carrier (view source)
Revision as of 20:03, October 2, 2008
, 20:03, October 2, 2008→USS Intrepid (CV-11)
Into the mid-1960s, ''Intrepid'' took part in anti-submarine exercises in the Atlantic area, occasionally deployed to European waters and helped with space flight recovery work. Following a major overhaul, the ship was given an air group of light attack planes and the temporary designation of "special attack carrier" for Vietnam war service. She deployed to Southeast Asia three times in 1966-69 before returning to her regular Atlantic Fleet ASW role. ''Intrepid'' cruised in the Mediterranean in 1971 and 1973 and visited Northern Europe in 1972. Decommissioned in March 1974, she was a Bicentennial exhibition ship at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1976. USS ''Intrepid'' was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in February 1982 and transferred to a [[New York City]] organization for further service as a museum, a role she plays to the present day.
Into the mid-1960s, ''Intrepid'' took part in anti-submarine exercises in the Atlantic area, occasionally deployed to European waters and helped with space flight recovery work. Following a major overhaul, the ship was given an air group of light attack planes and the temporary designation of "special attack carrier" for Vietnam war service. She deployed to Southeast Asia three times in 1966-69 before returning to her regular Atlantic Fleet ASW role. ''Intrepid'' cruised in the Mediterranean in 1971 and 1973 and visited Northern Europe in 1972. Decommissioned in March 1974, she was a Bicentennial exhibition ship at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1976. USS ''Intrepid'' was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in February 1982 and transferred to a [[New York City]] organization for further service as a museum, a role she plays to the present day.
In late-2006 ''Intrepid'' was towed to the Stapleton Naval Dock on nearby Staten Island for 22 months of repair and restoration at a cost of nearly $120,000,000; the removations included interior work to allow formerly-closed spaces access to tourists. Returned to her pier on October 2, 2008, the ship arrived enhanced with new museum exhibits and additional aircraft on her flight deck. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,431864,00.html][http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/]
====USS ''Hornet'' (CV-12)====
====USS ''Hornet'' (CV-12)====