USS Intrepid (CV-11)
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| United States |
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| Nickname(s): | "Fighting I", "Dry I" |
| Status: | Museum ship at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. |
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The collection includes the 1940-designed Grumman TBM Avenger of World War II. Also on display is the Douglas A-1 Skyraider, a true workhorse of the 1950s and '60s, as well as the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk and Grumman A-6 Intruder, stalwarts of the Vietnam War.
Today, the flight deck holds most of Intrepid's collection of more than two dozen authentically restored aircraft. The flight deck is also home to our Space Shuttle Pavilion, featuring the space shuttle Enterprise.
Crossing the Atlantic from London to New York at twice the speed of sound it took only 3 hours and 30 minutes. British Airways flew 7 aircraft in total and their Concorde registration G-BOAD was donated to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.
They were of single hull construction, with surface displacement of about 850 tons, and submerged displacement of 1100 tons. They had four or five 21" torpedo tubes in the bow, and could carry 12 Mk. 10 steam torpedoes. For surface action they carried a 4" gun.
Some 16,000
submariners served
during the
war, of whom 375 officers and 3,131 enlisted men
were killed. Fifty-two
submarines of the
United States Navy
were lost during World War II.
During World War II.
| Ship name | Gudgeon |
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| Hull number | SS-211 |
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| Date of loss | 18 April 1944 |
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| Cause | Cause unknown; possibly air attack |
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The USS Balao was powered on the surface by four diesel engines and had a top speed of just over 20 knots (37 km/hr); cruising at 10 knots (18 km/hr) her range was 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km).
The mission of the American wolf pack, a band of nine submarines dubbed the Hellcats, was to penetrate submerged minefields in the Sea of Japan, surprise the enemy, and devastate their shipping. THE LEGEND OF THE WAHOO began in January 1943, when Morton assumed command of the submarine for its third war patrol.
What was the average cost of a WW2 submarine? While this is difficult to answer because there were several shipyards producing subs and prices varied by shipyard, the average cost of a U.S. submarine was about $3 million according to Navy documents.
On 11 October 1943, the submarine USS Wahoo (SS-238), under the command of the renowned Lieutenant Commander Dudley Walker “Mush” Morton, was sunk with all 79 hands by a sustained air and surface attack as she was attempting to exit the Sea of Japan via La Perouse Strait.
