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Intrepid

USS Intrepid

Museum ship

United States Navy

TypeAircraft carrier
ClassEssex
WarSecond World War
Main guns12 × 5″ guns

Torpedoed off Truk in 1944 and hit by kamikazes four times. Her aircraft attacked Musashi in the Sibuyan Sea and Ozawa's carriers at Cape Engaño. A museum ship in New York.

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CVS-11) underway in the South China Sea en route to Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam in 1968. Intrepid, with assigned Attack Carrier Air Wing 10 (CVW-10), was deployed to Vietnam from 4 June 1968 to 9 February 1969. Photo: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 12 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns
  • 32 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
  • 46 × 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns

Armour

  • Waterline belt: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm)
  • Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm)
  • Hangar deck: 2.5 in (64 mm)
  • Bulkheads: 4 in (102 mm)
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding
Laid down1 December 1941
Launched26 April 1943
Commissioned16 August 1943
Displacement27,100 long tons (27,500 t) (standard) 36,380 long tons (36,960 t) (full load)
Length820 feet (249.9 m) (wl) 872 feet (265.8 m) (o/a)
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement2,600 officers and enlisted men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

26 April 1943

24 October 1944

Her aircraft led the first strike

25–26 October 1944

7 April 1945