Did The US Navy know how to build an aircraft carrier? Your bet they did and the USS Intrepid The Fight I was no exception. Her prominence and fighting spirit is honored in coin form USS Intrepid Warships of WW2 75th Anniversary Challenge Coin. USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11), also known as The Fighting “I”, is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in August 1943, Intrepid participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, including the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Because of her prominent role in battle USS Intrepid The Fighting I was her nickname, while her frequent bad luck and time spent in dry dock for repairs—she was torpedoed once and hit by four separate Japanese kamikaze aircraft—earned her the nicknames “Decrepit” and “the Dry I”.
The USS Intrepid CV-11 coin can be viewed on the YouTube video at USS Intrepid Warships of WW2 75th.
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