New York's USS Intrepid Museum Reopens to public

NEW YORK — The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is reopening to the public with a two-day celebration.
A Saturday ribbon cutting aboard the World War II aircraft carrier will be followed by musical performances and fireworks. Members of the Fire Department, the Police Department and the military also will gather for a game of tug-of-war.

The museum on the Hudson River underwent a 22-month, $120 million restoration at a New Jersey drydock. It returned home last month.
After WWII, the ship saw service in the Korean and Vietnam wars and was twice a recovery ship for NASA astronauts. Since 1982 it has become one of the city's most popular tourist sites, drawing some 750,000 visitors yearly over the past decade.

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum announced today President George W. Bush will attend its Veterans Day ceremonies on Tuesday, November 11,2008



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I know this is an old thread but I visited this place last week I took some photos which I can post up if anyone wants to see them?


Kyle

 

Yes please.

FdeP

 

I'll second that.
Regards
Tom

 

Okay

Heres a start............................


Kyle

 

More........................


Kyle

 

More from the flight deck....................................


Kyle

 

More from the Flight deck...............................including Migs.......


Kyle

 

Last few from below deck including crew bunks ,top pavilion including the Space shuttle Enterprise (The thing was huge and with only one viewing platform the photos are not great Sorry ;( ) Theres a photo of the USS Growler too but not from this trip,had a tour around her but my batteries were depleted by then


Kyle

 

USS Intrepids encounters with Kamakazi aircraft;-

1) 30 October 1944: A burning kamikaze crashed into one of the carrier's port gun tubs killing 10 men and wounding 6. Resumed flight operations within hours.
2) 25 November 1944: Hit by 2 kamikazes within five minutes, killing 11. Intrepid suffered no propulsion casualties nor left her station in the task group. In less than 2 hours her crew had extinguished the last blaze. Intrepid headed for San Francisco the next day, arriving 20 December for repairs. Rejoined the fleet in mid-February 1945.
3) 18 March 1945: A twin engine Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" exploded about 50 feet off Intrepid's forward boat crane. Flaming gasoline and plane parts started fires on the hangar deck but these were quickly extinguished.
4) 16 April 1945: Kamikaze struck Intrepid's flight deck. The engine and part of her fuselage went right on through to the hanger deck, killing 8 men and wounding 21. In less than an hour the flaming gasoline had been extinguished and within 3 hours after the crash planes were again landing on the carrier. Repaired San Francisco 19 May to 29 June 1945. On 6 August her planes attacked Wake Island as a "live fire" exercise, her last combat operation of the war.

Additional InfoInfo;-Navweaps.com

Casualties are commemorated on a light wall on the lower decks;-

Kyle

 

Photos from Intrepids gallery;-


As members of the crew solemnly look on, casualties of the kamikaze attack of November 25, 1944, are buried at sea.

aftermath of the kamikaze attack of November 25, 1944, a lone sailor gazes through a gaping hole in the flight deck. (Displayed by USS INTREPID courtesy of the National Naval Aviation Museum)

Casualties USS Intrepid

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum recognizes the sacrifice of all who died in service on board Intrepid from 1943 to 1974.
J.R. Adams
Raymond F. Adkins
G.L. Anderson
Bailey Bagdley
Ernest M. Bailey, Jr.
Dale A. Barrows
Oswald S. Bauer
Harry M. Bearden, Jr.
Michael J. Benak
Royal H. Bender
William H. Besoain Jr.
Alvin D. Blackman
James T. Bowen
John J. Boyle
James C. Bracken, Sr.
William P. Brede, Jr.
Leander Brewer, Jr.
James E. Bridges
Edward J. Broms, Jr.
David L. Brodeur
Robert E. Bruton
Richard R. Buszko
Orville D. Butler
James A. Cain III
Joseph R. Cain
David F. Callahan, Jr.
Frank L. Cantlon
James E. Carmack
Raul E. Carrion
James E. Caskins
Charles H. Casteel
Alfonso Chavarrias
George E. Christman, Jr.
J. Cianfichi
Joseph W. Cody
Duane L. Cole
LeGrande O. Cole, Jr.
Tom V. Collins
George B. Colwell
Clyde C. Compton
Odell H. Cooke
Donald R. Cooper
Hugh A. Cooper
Lawrence J. Covell Jr.
Philip C. Craig
Frank P. Crevoisier
James D. Cropper
Donald H. Croy
Thomas S. Daly
Elton L. Darden
Henry F. Darnauer
Richard F. Davis, Jr.
Russell E. Davis
Edward Davison
Larry Edward Dean
Louis N. Defedele
David Dermenegildo
Harlan R. Dickson
Donald D. Dimarzo
Raymond H. Doulette
Willie E. Dousay, Jr.
John W. Dragod
Rodrick L. Duchesne
Ralph C. Dupont
James M. Duren
Edward H. Eisengrein
Harold C. Ellen
Clarence F. English
Mark Eslick, Jr.
Everett J. Eure
William C. Ewart
Gilbert J. Farmer
Vito T. Fiore
John F. Fischer
John W. Fish
Grandville Fleming
Emil V. Foletta
Charles E. Ford
Howard P. Frank
Arthur Fulton
Edward Fussell
Bryon B. Galbreath
Robert E. Gardner, Jr.
John B. Gattey
Richard H. Gauthier
Fred A. Gayer
John W. Giddens
Delbert C. Goodspeed
Frank P. Gordon
Sterling E. Graham
Samuel W. Grant
Elmer P. Graves James A. Green
Wallace D. Greig
T. R. Griffin
George A. Griffith, Jr.
John W. Gruenewald
Thomas A. Hall
Will C. Hamblin, Jr.
John T. Hanke
Robert W. Harris
Robinson W. Harris
Elmer E. Hasse
William F. Hawes
Frank L. Haynes
Horace W. Heath
Nathan B. Hecker
James P. Hedrick
Loumas E. Helms
Alexander F. Hentosh
Bradford Roberts Herrington
Samuel L. Hitt
Elden S. Hjelmeng
Edward Hlywa
Cecil B. Hollinhead
W. P. Holmes
Raymond Hope
Raymond V. Hopkins
Arthur F. Horn
Oliver W. Hubbard
Delmar L. Huff
Billy G. Hunter
Donald C. Hurd
Lee B. Hurst
Loren F. Isley
Charles W. Jensen
David E. Jensen
Kenneth W. Johann
David L. Johnson
David Ronald Johnson
Leslie E. Jones
Rhett Jones
Vemon F. Kahler
Frederick M. Kasch
Isaac W. Keels, Jr.
Jerry A. Kincaid
Kenneth K. Knabb, Jr.
Charles A. Knochel
J. R. Komar
Bernard A. Konitzer
Francis R. Krantz
Dean R. Krouch
Robert B. Kuhns
Harold R. Kurtz
Daniel Laner
Alfred B. Lankford
Delmer B. Lasater
Harold F. Leach
William H. Lear
LTJG Leger
Charles M. Lowell, Jr.
Wilford J. MacNeil
Walter J. Madden
Claude E. Maddox
Joseph Mancini
Merl M. Martin
Frank D. Marvaso
Richard W. Mason
F. A. McAllister
John F. McCormack
Frederick E. McCreary
Jay M. McDonald
Wilson C. McNeil
Harold S. Meacham
Lawrence R. Mead
Richard K. Melcher
Howard L. Messer
Egils A. Mezaraups
Carl B. Miller
Willard J. Miller
Keith D. Millisor
Spence P. Mitchell
Arthur P. Mollenhauer
James Monroe
Richard A. Moran
John Morelle
Robert P. Morgan
Alphonse V. Moscaritolo
William H. Mottaz
Elmer C. Namowski
Fred Navas
Robert W. Neel, Jr.
James B. Neighbours
Sern C. Nelson Richard L. Nieto
Willard E. Norgren
Robert H. Norris
Elmer E. Nutgrass
John R. Ogg
Mike L. Oritz
Mark L. Orr
John Paksi
Walter Passi
Robert H. Paulson
James J. Peddy, Jr.
Cecil D. Peterson
John L. Phillips, Jr.
John P. Phillips
Ross Allen Picket
ENS Piercell
Fred J. Pietras
William A. Preston
Stanley W. Powell
Raymond A. Ray
Dale Robbins
William L. Robertson, Jr.
Laurence J. Robinson
Arthur H. Rogers
Andrew H. Rohleder, III
Clarence Rolka
Raymond J. Rucinski
Albert P. Rybarczyk
William H. Sartwelle
John J. Savage
Theodore Schevon
Harold H. Schnack
Robert L. Schug
Burhl A. Schultz
Walter M. Schulz
William Chadwick Scott
Ora H. Shaminghouse Jr.
Horace J. Sides
Raymond J. Skelly
John Z. Sliger
Ernest A. Smith
Fred L. Smith
Theodore A. Smith
William D. Smith
Earl E. Sorenson
Bobby L. Spencer
Robert M. Stallins
Eskew R. Steffens
Kenneth C. Steffens
Richard Stonehills
James R. Stratton
Lee E. Stull
Archie L. Svec
Edward F. Tarvainis
James Taylor
Robert L. Taylor
William J. Telliard
Paul E. Tepas
William B. Thompson
Harold L. Tucker
Leon Roosevelt Tuttle
Richard F. Urban
Norvel L. Van Every
Louis D. Vaughan
Thomas M. Vaughn
Reginal E. Wallace
John B. Ward
A. E. Watkins
Albert J. Watson
Harry R. Webster, Jr.
Harry D. Weiner
Gilbert L. Weiss
Harry E. Wells
Robert G. Westmoreland
George C. Whatley, Jr.
Albert M. White
Harold V. White
Ralph A. Whittington
Lyle W. Willey
Earl E. Williams
G. J. Percy Williams
James A. Winslow
George M. Wise
Henry H. Witmer
Lumpkin Wood
Charles W. Yoder
William T. York
William P. Young
Harold L. Zieg
William C. Ziemer
Raymond F. Zoulek

Kyle

 

Finally I even kept the paper guide


Thanks for looking,

Kyle

 

Good job on the pictures, Kyle.

Here are some I took last fall.

This is a section of the original deck. 3" of wood with .2" of steel. Seems like a 15,000 lb Grumman TBF dropping on it would punch right through it but it worked.

 

Here is the forecastle:

 

Here are a couple of street views:

 

My first cousin, once removed, Gilbert Lawson Weiss, was a casualty of the kamikaze attack. Thank you for sharing .