Intrepid CVS-11 decommissioned

52 years ago today, on 15 March 1974 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CVS-11 was decommissioned for the final time. 
In 1976, Intrepid was moored at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia and hosted exhibits as part of the United States Bicentennial celebrations.
Plans originally called for Intrepid to be scrapped after decommissioning, but a campaign led by real estate developers Zachary and Larry Fisher and the Intrepid Museum Foundation saved the carrier and established it as a museum ship. In August 1982, the ship opened at Pier 86 on the Hudson River in New York City as the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Four years later, Intrepid was officially designated as a National Historic Landmark
MuseumShip at Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY