http://www.hnsa.org/ships/intrepid.htm
By: Angela Ortega
• Creation
• Missions
• Sea-Air-Space Museum
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• Length 872 feet long
• Beam 93 feet
• Draft ( amount of water needed to float)- 32 feet
• Weight- 33,292 tons• 3,448 crew members
• Moved up to speeds of 33 knots
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• When was the Intrepid first launched?
–A. April 16, 1954
–B. Decemeber 1, 1941
–C. April 26, 1943
–D. September 10, 1943
• Feb. 17, 1944-damaged by an aerial torpedo and returned to Pearl Harbor for repairs and remained there until September 1944.
• Nov. 25, 1944-during the Leyte Campaign, she was struck by a kamikaze and lost 69 officers and men in the most tragic chapter of her history.
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• Carried about 82 war aircrafts
• The carrier fought in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October, 1944.
• Destroyed more the 600 enemy aircrafts
• Sank 2 Japanese battleships
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• Deactivated in March of 1947
• Returned to duty again in 1954
–After spending two years getting modernized
• Served as part as the U.S. Navy until 1974
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• How many officers did the Intrepid lose when she was struck by a Kamikaze during the Leyte Campaign?
–A. 30
–B. 90
–C. 105
–D. 110
• After being decommissioned the Intrepid became a museum in 1982
• Since opening more than 750,000 people have visited the museum
• Located in New York City
• Learn about its missions as a recovery vessel for NASA, experience in World War II and more
• Ride in a simulator of a A-6 Cockpit
• Now a national historic landmark, and on of New York’s most popular attractions
http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/getdoc/4773c8b7-8091-4921-8625-805d214daaa8/Space.aspx
• What state is the Sea-Air-Space Museum presently located in?
–A. New Jersey
–B. Connecticut
–C. West Virginia
–D. New York
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• The Intrepid experience. (2008). Retrieved from http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/The-Intrepid-Experience.aspx
• Uss intrepid (cv-11). (1997). Retrieved from http://www.hnsa.org/ships/intrepid.htm
• Uss intrepid. (2004). Retrieved from http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=253
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