Spacecraft Recovery
24 May 1962: Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7
(USS John R. Pierce
recovered the capsule)
23 March 1965: Gemini 3
General Characteristics:
Awarded: 3 July 1940
Keel laid: 1 December 1941
Launched: 26 April 1943
Commissioned: 16 August 1943
Decommissioned: 15 March 1974
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.
Propulsion system: 8 boilers
Propellers: four
Aircraft elevators: three
Arresting gear cables: four
Catapults: two
Length: 876 feet (267 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 191.9 feet (58.5 meters)
Beam: 101 feet (30.8 meters)
Draft: 30.8 feet (9.4 meters)
Displacement: approx. 40,600 tons full load
Speed: 33 knots
Planes: 80-100 planes
Crew: approx. 3448 as CVS: 115 officers, 1500 enlisted
Armament:
1943: 12 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns, 40 40mm guns and 55 20mm guns
1944: 12 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns, 64 40mm guns and 56 20mm guns
1954: 8 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns and 14 3-inch (7.6 cm) 50 caliber guns
1974: 4 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns
The Intrepid is on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City, NY.
For more information on USS Intrepid from the United States Navy.
