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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 ...
Intrepid: Essex: 16 August 1943 15 March 1974 30 years, 211 days Preserved at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum—New York City, New York, USA [26] CV-12 Hornet: Essex: 29 November 1943 26 June 1970 26 years, 218 days Preserved at USS Hornet Museum—Alameda, California, USA [27] CV-13 Franklin: Essex: 31 January 1944 17 February 1947 2 years ...
By October 1978, both VF-51 and VF-111 had fully transitioned to the Block 100 model F-14A. VF-111 subsequently deployed with CVW-15 aboard USS Kitty Hawk from May 1979 to February 1980, a deployment which was extended from its originally planned end date in early December 1979 due to the November 1979 seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran ...
USS Utah: United States Hawaii: Pearl Harbor: United States. 1909 Florida-class battleship Battleship: USS Utah Memorial, Sunken wreck USS Washtenaw County: United States Oregon: Rainier: United States: 1952 LST: Landing Ship, Tank: Preservation status on hold [55] USS Wisconsin: United States Virginia: Norfolk: United States: 1943 Iowa class ...
VT-74 Helldiver on the USS Midway in 1946 VA-25 AD-6 on the USS Intrepid in 1957 VA-65 A-6Es in 1972 Two A-6Es of VA-65 in 1987. 7 November 1945: Squadron embarked on USS Midway for her shakedown cruise. The squadron had originally been established for the purpose of being part of the Midway Air Group.
A VA-15 A-4C aboard USS Intrepid in 1967. 14–28 November 1960: VA-15, temporarily assigned to CVG-10, deployed aboard USS Shangri-La to the Caribbean Sea to guard against possible infiltration into Guatemala and Nicaragua by insurgent organizations that were believed to have ties to Cuba.
VB-18 SB2C-3 on USS Intrepid during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944. 5 February 1944: Lieutenant Commander Dickson, the squadron's commanding officer, was killed in a training exercise; 12 October 1944: Squadron commanding officer, Commander Mark Eslick, was lost in combat during an attack on Kiirun Harbor, Formosa.
The next cruise in 1959/60 was aboard the USS Essex as part of CVG-10. In November and December 1960 VA-176 was assigned to Carrier Anti-submarine Air Group 52 (CVSG-52) aboard the USS Wasp. After this short deployment VA-176 returned to CVW-10 and made three deployments to the Mediterranean Sea with the USS Shangri-La between 1961 and 1965.