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U.S.S. Intrepid/CV-11
U.S.S. Intrepid/CV-11
[Source: U.S. Navy]
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11), also known as The Fighting "I", is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in August 1943, Intrepid participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, most notably the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second career, she served mainly in the Atlantic, but also participated in the Vietnam War. Her notable achievements include being the recovery ship for a Mercury and a Gemini space mission. Because of her prominent role in battle, she was nicknamed "the Fighting I", while her often ill-luck and the time spent in dry dock for repairs earned her the nickname "the Dry I".

Decommissioned in 1974, in 1982 Intrepid became the foundation of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.

Name: U.S.S. Intrepid
Nickname: Fighting I
Class: Essex
Hull Number: 11
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down: 1 December 1941
Launched: 26 April 1943
 Commissioned:
  16 August 1943
  9 February 1952
  18 June 1954
Decommissioned:
  22 March 1947
  9 April 1952
  15 March 1974
Struck: 23 February 1982
Sources:
Wikipedia
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