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By: Angela Ortega

• Creation• Missions • Sea-Air-Space Museum• next

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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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