USS Intrepid (CV-11)
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Japanese Plane Crashes Astern of USS Intrepid CV-11 off Kyushu 1945
Japanese Suicide Plane hits USS Intrepid CV-11 off Luzon 1944
Launch of US Aircraft Carrier USS Intrepid CV-11, 26 April 1943. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia.
Sailors fight fires on board a battle damaged USS Intrepid
Sailors fight fires on board a battle damaged USS Intrepid 3
Sailors fight fires on board a battle damaged USS Intrepid CV-11
USS Intrepid (CV-11) during the Battle of Leyte Gulf
USS Intrepid CV-11 hit by Japanese Kamikaze November 1944
USS Intrepid CV-11 Hit by Suicide plane
USS Intrepid CV-11 just missed by Japanese Kamikaze
USS Intrepid CV-11 moored in the waters off NAS Hampton Roads 11 September 1943 3
USS Intrepid CV-11 pictured underway off Newport News 1943
USS Intrepid CV-11 pictured underway off U.S. Naval Drydocks Hunters Point near San Francisco
USS Intrepid CV-11 pictured underway off U.S. Naval Drydocks Hunters Point near San Francisco 2
USS Intrepid CV-11 pictured underway off U.S. Naval Drydocks Hunters Point near San Francisco 3
USS Intrepid CV-11 underway in the Pacific
USS Intrepid CV-11 underway in the Pacific 2
USS Intrepid CV-11 underway in the waters off Panama, 8 December 1943
USS Intrepid moored in the waters off NAS Hampton Roads 11 September 1943
USS Intrepid moored in the waters off NAS Hampton Roads 11 September 1943 2
USS Intrepid pictured after being hit by kamikaze
USS Intrepid underway in the Pacific with CAG 8 embarked 1944
USS ntrepid pictured underway in the Pacific en route to the Marshall Islands January 1944
Essex-class aircraft carrier Laid down: 1 December 1941 Launched: 26 April 1943 Commissioned: 16 August 1943 Fate: museum ship
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