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  2. USS Intrepid (CV-11) - Wikipedia

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    USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11), also known as The Fighting "I", 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, including the Battle of ...

  3. List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    CV-4 Ranger: Ranger (lead ship) 4 June 1934 18 October 1946 12 years, 136 days Scrapped in 1947 [18] CV-5 Yorktown: Yorktown (lead ship) 30 September 1937 7 June 1942 4 years, 250 days Sunk in the Battle of Midway in 1942 [19] CV-6 Enterprise: Yorktown: 12 May 1938 17 February 1947 8 years, 281 days Scrapped in 1960 [20] CV-7 Wasp: Wasp (lead ...

  4. CV11 - Wikipedia

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    USS Intrepid (CV-11), a former United States Navy aircraft carrier; CV11, a postal district in the CV postcode area, United Kingdom; CV11, a diesel version of the Toyota Camry automobile; IAR CV 11, an airplane

  5. VF-18 - Wikipedia

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    Impact of kamikaze on USS Intrepid. Intrepid suffered serious damage as a result of two back-to-back kamikaze attacks on 25 November 1944. The attacks occurred just prior to 1300, as Intrepid was launching its third strike of the day. VF-18 pilot Charles Mallory was in the cockpit of his Hellcat in the hangar deck when general quarters alarms ...

  6. Timeline for aircraft carrier service - Wikipedia

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    18 June – USS Intrepid recommissioned in reserve. [18] 1 August – First Indochina War ends. 2 August – USS Ranger laid down. [18] September – HMS Pioneer decommissioned and sold for scrap; [14] [48] 11 September – USS Ticonderoga recommissioned after modernisation. [18] USS Intrepid. 15 October – USS Intrepid returned to full ...

  7. List of warships by nickname - Wikipedia

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    "The Blue Ghost" – USS Lexington (CV-16); nickname supposedly bestowed by Japanese radio propagandist Tokyo Rose because of the color of her camouflage painting and because she repeatedly disproved reports that she had been sunk.

  8. Thomas L. Sprague - Wikipedia

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    USS Montgomery (DD-121) Scouting Squadron 6 USS Charger (AVG-30) USS Intrepid (CV-11) Carrier Division 22 Task Group 77.4 / Task Unit 77.4.1 ("Taffy I") Carrier Division 11 Carrier Division 3 Task Force 38.1 First Task Fleet Pacific Fleet Air Force: Battles / wars: World War I World War II: Awards: Navy Cross Navy Distinguished Service Medal

  9. James Lloyd Abbot Jr. - Wikipedia

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    James Lloyd "Doc" Abbot, IV (June 26, 1918 – August 10, 2012) was an American U.S. Navy admiral from Mobile, Alabama.He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1939. Abbot was the commanding officer of the attack aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, which dispatched a helicopter to pick up astronaut Scott Carpenter.