The little known chapter in the aircraft carrier’s history is the subject of a new book, “The Sailing of the Intrepid.” ...

USS Intrepid (CV-11) also participated in the invasion of Okinawa and attacks on mainland Japan before the war ended. The Essex-class carrier, built at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock ...

The Navy commissioned the USS Intrepid (CV-11) in August 1943, and served in the Pacific for the end of World War II. After the Navy decommissioned the Intrepid in March 1974, a plan to scrap it ...

USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Intrepid (CV-11), USS Hornet (CV-12), and USS Lexington (CV-16); as well as USS Midway (CV-41), the lead ship of the late WWII class of carriers. With the decommissioning ...

Why is the Intrepid really leaving port ... another attack” (the FBI took over the Intrepid for five weeks after 9/11). Once finished, the pier will boast “decorative cement work.” ...

Laid down on December 1, 1941, and commissioned on August 16, 1943, the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid was one of 24 of its kind built during World War II. Having been launched so late ...

1945 — making what would be his final mission off the vast USS Intrepid flight deck. Isley and his FG-1D Corsair fighter never made it back to the Intrepid, shot down and declared missing in ...

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced that the service’s newest destroyer will bear the historic Intrepid name. (Chief Petty Officer Shannon Renfroe/Office of the Secretary of the Navy) Navy ...

(Hanover Square Press via AP) (Uncredited) NEW YORK – A new history of the USS Intrepid will be co-written by a former Navy man otherwise known for his long career as a daytime television host ...