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USS Intrepid
USS Intrepid
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Camera: Nikon D60
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: Manhattan
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 4.5s
Galleries: History
Date Uploaded: Apr 6, 2009

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 USS Intrepid 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 first US aircraft carrier to launch aircraft with steam catapults, and 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 nicknames "the Fighting I", "the Dry I", or "the USS Decrepid".
Decommissioned in 1974, in 1982 Intrepid became the foundation of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City.

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 06/12/2009 10:38:25 AM
I'm actually going there tomorrow....for the 2nd time. First since they reopened.
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 04/06/2009 11:59:40 AM
Great exposure. I'd like to go on there one day ;)
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