Intrepid
The Epic Story of America's Most Legendary Warship
New York : Broadway Books, [2008]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xv, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
The first official history of the legendary aircraft carrier that fought in World War II and Vietnam and continues to serve as a major air and space museum in New York City. Since her launching in 1943, the 27,000-ton, Essex-class carrier has sailed into harm's way around the globe. During World War II, she fought her way across the Pacific, surviving kamikaze and torpedo attacks and covering herself with glory. The famous ship endured to become a Cold War attack carrier, recovery ship for America's first astronauts, and a three-tour combatant in Vietnam. In a narrative based on archival research and interviews with surviving crewmen, authors Bill White and Robert Gandt take us on its many journeys.--From publisher description.
Contents:
Intrepid Time Line xiii -- Prologue: Leviathans 1 -- Part 1 Years of Thunder -- Part 2 Metamorphosis -- Accolades and Acknowledgments 299 -- Those Who Gave Their Lives 310.
Subjects:
Intrepid (Aircraft carrier)
Geschichte 1943-1975
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Naval operations, American.
Intrepid (Schiff, 1943)
Marine.
Flugzeugträger.
United States.
Intrepid (Aircraft carrier)
Geschichte 1943-1975
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Naval operations, American.
Intrepid (Schiff, 1943)
Marine.
Flugzeugträger.
United States.
ISBN:
0767929896
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Military Whi | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-335) and index.