The Intrepid

The Intrepid is a massive ship used in World War 2, and is now a humongous museum. Today is a special blog post that commemorates the Intrepid. I hope you find this as fascinating as I do.

The Intrepid was known to carry many aircrafts on its very own Flight Deck. One type of aircraft that I think deserves recognition is the A- 12 Blackbird. This aircraft’s role was to carry out aerial reconnaissance.It fought in the cold war and at World War 3. The A- 12 Blackbird was on the Intrepid since December 1990 until now and it is currently retired. What was so important about this specific aircraft was that it was the world’s first aircraft to consistently fly 3x the speed of light. This aircraft is beyond amazing.

There were many different decks on Intrepid since it was so huge. But one deck that really caught my eye was the Mess Deck.The Mess deck was where 3,000 crew members ate their meals 3 times a day. The purpose of it was to give as place to the hardworking members a place to enjoy their food. This deck was definitely a “must have” because there would be no other space for crew members to eat their food. All crew members would go be going there because of the necessity of food.

My expedition took me through history. Through my wonderful adventure, I discovered that the Flight Deck could hold up to one hundred ship, which is outstanding. The planes help on the Intrepid were not as ordinary as you might think, they flew faster, and had different attachments than most regular planes today. You feel the energy just stepping on the floors. But then, you realize that people who actually fought for us stepped on this very ship. The experience on the Intrepid was very exciting, and I honor everyone and everything on that ship.

The Intrepid had “8 Ports of Call”, which where the Intrepid traveled to.

Port 1; Newport News, Virginia    April 26, 1943

Fact 1; The Intrepid launched in April 1943 after 18 months of constructions

Port 2; Pearl Harbor,  Hawaii        January 10, 1944

Fact 2; The Intrepid arrived in Pearl Harbor at     Jan. 10, 1944

Port 3; Western Pacific Ocean, Philippines     Nov. 25, 1944

Fact 3; During the Japanese Kamikaze attack, 69 men died and 35 were wounded

Port 4; Ulithi, Micronesia     March 13, 1945

Fact 4; Ulithi is a group of volcanic islands surrounded by coral reef is the Pacific Ocean

Port 5; North Atlantic Ocean    May 24, 1962

Fact 5; Helicopters from the USS Intrepid pics up astronauts Scott Carpenter

Port 6; North Atlantic Ocean    March 23, 1965

Fact 6; The USS Intrepid pics up astronauts John Young and Virgil Gus Grissom

Port 7; Egypt, Suez Canal    June 1, 1967

Fact 7; The USS Intrepid is on her way to begin her second deployment in Vietnam.

Port 8; New York, New York - Pier 86    August 3, 1962

Fact 8; The Intrepid opens as a museum.

The Intrepid is truly a great thing to behold and to honor through our country. My experience on the Intrepid is something I will hold dearly to my heart because this is my history, and yours too.