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Unit Details

Strength
Aircraft Carrier
 
Type
Combat - Sea
 
Year
1942 - Present
 

Description

USS INTREPID   (CV-11)

(later CVA-11 and CVS-11)


CLASS - ESSEX (Short Hull)
Displacement 27,100 Tons, Dimensions, 872' (oa) x 93' x 28' 7" (Max)
Armament 12 x 5"/38AA, 32 x 40mm, 46 x 20mm, 82 Aircraft.
Armor, 4" Belt, 2 1/2" Hanger deck, 1 1/2" Deck, 1 1/2" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 150,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 3448.

Operational and Building Data
Built by Newport News. Laid down 1 Dec 1941, launched 26 Apr 1943, commissioned 16 August 1943. SCB 27C reconstruction at Newport News started 9 April 1952, completed and recommissioned 20 June 1954. Redesignated as an attack carrier (CVA 11) 1 October 1952 while in overhaul. SCB 125 angled deck modernization at New York Navy 9/1956 to 2 May 1957. Redesignated as an ASW carrier (CVS 11) 31 Mar 1962. FRAM II life extension 3/1965 to 10/1965. Operated as light attack carrier with CVS designation off Vietnam.

FATE: Decommissioned to reserve, 15 March 1974; was last CVS in service. Donated as a Museum and Memorial, and ownership transferred to Sea*Air*Space Museum, 27 April 1981. Stricken upon transfer of custody to Museum, 23 March 1982. Preserved at Sea*Air*Space Museum in New York City. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, ref. no. 86000082, and designated a National Historic Landmark, 14 January 1986.

"Intrepid" means "fearless, brave." CV-11 was named to commemorate the previous service of three US warships:

  1. ketch captured to the Tripolitans.
  2. steam torpedo ram.
  3. steel-hulled bark.

NS098641210: "Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia in the Harbor of Tripoli, February 16, 1804." Oil on canvas, 60" by 42", by Edward Moran (1829–1901), signed and dated by the artist, 1897. It depicts USF Philadelphia, previously captured by the Tripolitans, ablaze after she was boarded and set afire by a party from the ketch USS Intrepid (in the foreground) led by LT Stephen Decatur. Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Gift of Paul E. Sutro, 1940. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 10849, via Tommy Trampp.



USS Intrepid (CV-11)


USS Intrepid (CVA-11)

 



Notable Persons
None
 
Reports To
Essex-class
 
Active Reporting Unit
None
 
Inactive Reporting Unit
None
 
274 Members Who Served in This Unit


 

  • Coffland, David, PO3, (1954-1957)
  • Cook, James Maxwell, SCPO, (1943-1964)
  • Cook, John, PO3, (1961-1964)
  • Cook, Nick, HN, (1962-1966)
  • Cook, Nicki, PO3, (1962-1966)
  • Cooke, Stevan, CWO5
  • Coppess, Chuck, SN, (1959-1965)
  • Cox, Donald, PO2, (1955-1960)
  • Crutcher, Frank, PO2, (1956-1960)
  • Crutcher, Frank, PO2, (1956-1960)
  • Dagenhart, Ronnie, PO2, (1965-1976)
  • Daily, James, PO3, (1958-1962)
  • Daniels, Don, PO3, (1955-1957)
  • Daniels, William, PO2, (1966-1970)
  • De vinney, Lloyd, MCPO, (1959-2000)
  • Detoy, Norm, CPO, (1955-1979)
  • Dickenshied, Richard, PO3, (1957-1961)
  • DiLeo, Marino, PO2, (1954-1962)
  • Dittrich, Phil, CPO, (1956-1974)
  • Dixon, Donald, PO2, (1959-1963)
  • Drinnin, Ronald, PO3, (1967-1971)
  • Durnell, Lanny, FN, (1956-1960)
  • Ehley, Earl, PO3, (1961-1965)
  • Erven, Wayne, CWO3, (1957-1977)
  • Ezzell, Richard, LCDR, (1966-1994)
  • Ezzell, Richard, LCDR, (1966-1994)
  • Farrell, Joe, PO2, (1967-1971)
  • Felten, Charles, PO3, (1959-1966)
  • Fenton, Charles, PO3, (1964-1967)
  • Finn, RJ, PO3, (1966-1970)
  • Fort, Rommie, LT, (1947-1972)
  • Foster, James, S1c, (1957-1961)
  • Galaszewski, Gerald, PO3, (1958-1962)
  • Garde, Cletus, PO3, (1956-1958)
  • Garvin, Kenneth, CWO2, (1955-1976)
  • Gerlach, Thomas E, PO2, (1958-1962)
  • Gerlaugh, Edward, PO1, (1951-1956)
  • Gierich, Kenneth, PO3, (1961-1969)
  • Goebel, Joseph, PO3, (1957-1963)
  • Gotthold, David, PO2, (1970-1974)
  • Granger, Robert, PO2, (1951-1955)
  • Grymes, Ernest, PO2, (1959-1963)
  • Guzman, Adolfo, AN, (1965-1967)
 
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Battle/Operations History Detail
 
Description
USS Intrepid (PRS) 
USS Ault 
USS Bigelow 
USS Boston 
USS Cony 
USS Diligence 
USS Douglas H. Fox 
USS Harold J. Ellison 
USS Harwood 
USS John Paul Jones 
USS Kankakee 
USS Mullinix 
USS Nipmuc 
USS Rich 
USS Robert L. Wilson 
USS Robert Owens 
USS Sarsfield 
USS Sturdy 
USS Swerve 
USCGC Vigilant (US Coast Guard Cutter)
 
BattleType
Operation
Country
Not Specified
 
Parent
NASA Recovery Operations
CreatedBy
Not Specified
 
Start Month
3
End Month
3
 
Start Year
1965
End Year
1965
 

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