Some contained machinery or equipment, or served as workshops for the crew. The ship is a maze of passageways, ladders and compartments, or rooms.
The hangar deck, inside the ship, was where crew members stored maintained aircraft.
This is where aircraft took off and landed. If you stood the ship on end, it would be almost as tall as the Chrysler Building in New York City. Intrepid is 893 feet (272 m) long, about as long as three football fields. Intrepid served as a floating military airfield that carried U.S. We say “former” because Intrepid isn’t in commission anymore. Welcome aboard the former USS Intrepid, an aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy from 1943 until 1974. (Collection of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. The ship deployed to the North Atlantic that year. P2015.44.01) These men served with squadron VA-76 on board Intrepid in 1958. Go to transcript Intrepid operating off the coast of Cuba in 1969. Archival footage and photographs illustrate the experiences of the ship and its crew.
Former crew members, as well as other narrators, describe significant moments in the ship’s history. Video description: The video presents the history of USS Intrepid.
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