83 years ago today, on 26 April 1943 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CV-11 was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding, sponsored by the wife of Vice Admiral John H. Hoover.
MuseumShip at Intrepid Museum, New York, NY
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on 23 April 1947 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 was decommissioned
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83 years ago today, on 15 April 1943 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) was commissioned with Captain Joseph J. Clark in command.
MuseumShip at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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34 years ago toay, on 11 April 1992 Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Midway CV-41 was decommissioned by her last CO, Capt. Larry Ernst.
MuseumShip at USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA
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74 years ago today, on 9 April 1952 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CV-11 was decommissioned for the second time at the Norfolk Naval shipyard to receive SCB-27C modernization to operate jet aircraft as an attack aircraft carrier.
Intrepid Museum, New York, NY
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44 years ago today, on 23 March 1982, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CV-11 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
Intrepid Museum, New York, NY
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79 years ago today, on 22 March 1947 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CV-11 was decommissioned for the first time by her CO, Commander Arthur Arlo Giesser.
MuseumShip at the Intrepid Museum, New York, NY
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81 years ago today, on 20 March 1945 USS Midway CV-41 was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding, sponsored by Mrs. Bradford W. Ripley, II.
MuseumShip at USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA
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75 years ago today, on 20 March 1951 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-12 was commissioned for the second time with Capt. Francis Lee Busey in command.
MuseumShip at USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, CA
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81 years ago today, on 18 March 1945 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV-10 was hit by a 500 lb Japanese bomb from a Judy dive bomber. It hit the signal bridge, passed through the first deck and exploded near the ship's hull. It punched two large holes through her side, killed five men, and wounded another 26. Yorktown, however, remained fully operational, and her anti-aircraft gunners brought the attacker down.
MuseumShip at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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