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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

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• 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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