Intrepid Museum
The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
is located on the banks of the Hudson River on Pier 86, 12th Avenue at 46th Street in Manhattan.
USS Intrepid
The USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy
and is the fourth Navy ship to carry that name. She was launched on April 26, 1943 by Newport News
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company and served in every major conflict until being decommissioned
in 1974. Following her decommissioning, Intrepid was destined to be scrapped, but a campaign
led by real estate developer Zachary Fisher and the Intrepid Museum Foundation saved the
carrier and opened it as a museum ship in August 1982.
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USS Intrepid - starboard side |
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USS Intrepid - starboard side |
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USS Intrepid - bow |
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Visitor center |
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Hanger deck |
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Hanger deck |
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USS Intrepid |
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USS Intrepid |
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USS Intrepid |
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A-12 Blackbird |
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A-12 Blackbird |
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A-12 Blackbird |
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F-14 Tomcat |
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F-4 Phantom |
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USS Intrepid |
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USS Intrepid |
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USS Intrepid |
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USS Intrepid |
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Flight deck |
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Mess hall |
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Hidden rust |
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Aircraft elevator |
On October 1, 2006, the Intrepid museum was closed to perform
much-needed maintenance on the ship. Following a complex ordeal
to free the ship from the mud at Pier 86, it was towed to
a shipyard in Bayonne, NJ for painting, repairs and upgrades.
The ship was towed back to a rebuilt Pier 86 and reopened
on November 8, 2008. The most obvious differences are the
new paint job, a handful of newly-opened sections and modification
of many displays to be more interactive and child-friendly.
I also miss the mannequin sailors, but I guess that's progress.
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Empty Pier 86 |
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Pier 86 under renovation |
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View from the southeast |
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View from the southeast |
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View of the bow of the ship |
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New ramps to the ship on the port side |
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The forecastle (a newly opened section with the anchor wenches) |
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The forecastle |
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Officer berthing |
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Officer berthing |
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TBM-3 Avenger |
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FJ-3 Fury |
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A-4 Avenger |
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Starboard side |
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Air defense guidance system |
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Anti-aircraft guns |
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Marine berthing |
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Planes displayed on flight deck, including an F-14 |
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Front section of the flight deck, including an A-12 Blackbird |
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Access to navigation bridge |
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Helecopters on the flight deck |
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Mig fighters |
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Office |
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Navigation |
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Navigation |
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Radar power supply room |
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Teletype machines in the communications room |
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Uniform Code of Military Justice |
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Pilots' ready room |
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Pilots' ready room |
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Radar control room |
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Crew chief stateroom |
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General berthing |
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General berthing |
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Galley |
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Stern fantail of the Intrepid |
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Sunset from Pier 89 |
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Twilight |
Concorde
When the Intrepid Museum reopened in 2008, a new addition was a decomissioned
British Airways Concorde. The Concorde was one of only two commercial
jetliners that traveled faster than the speed of sound. It
had a cruising speed of 1,350 MPH, a cruising altitude
of 60,000 feet, and could travel between New York and London
in around three and a half hours.
Interest in building a supersonic jetliner became active in
the late 1950s and the expense of development lead to a collaboration
between French and British governments and aircraft manufacturers that
was formalized with agreements signed on November 29, 1962. The first
flight of a Concorde took place on March 2, 1969. A certificate
of airworthiness was granted in late 1975 and the first
regularly-scheduled commercial flights began on January 21, 1976.
Problems with noise as well as extremely high operating
costs plagued the Concorde from the beginning. American
development of an SST was terminated by the government in 1971
primarily due to concerns about sonic booms. The Soviet
SST, the Tu-144, was only used in commercial passenger service
from 1975 to 1978, although the aircraft were used for testing
as late as 1999. The penultimate blow to the Concorde was a
spectacular crash in Paris on July 25, 2000 caused by fuel tank damage
resulting from runway debris. Modified Concordes
briefly returned
to commercial service in 2001, but low post-9/11-demand and
high maintenance costs lead to a cessation of commercial
flights on May 30, 2003.
This Concorde, Alpha Delta G-BOAD, made its first commercial
flight on August 25, 1976. It last flew on November 10, 2003
and was subsequently transported to the Intrepid Museum by barge.
It was officially deregistered on May 4, 2004.
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Concorde |
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Concorde |
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Four Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engines - generating 32,000 lbf dry thrust each (38,050 with afterburners) |
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Passenger cabin |
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Cockpit |
USS Growler
The USS Growler (SSG 577) is a diesel-powered submarine designed to carry the 56-foot-long Regulus
nuclear missile. She was constructed in 1958 and remained on active duty for six years before
being outmoded by nuclear submarines. After decommissioning, the Growler was placed in the
Inactive Reserve Fleet and was considered for use as a torpedo test target before being
saved through the efforts of Zachary Fisher and joining the Intrepid Museum family in 1989.
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USS Growler |
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USS Growler |
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USS Growler |
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USS Growler |
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USS Growler |
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USS Growler |
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USS Growler |
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USS Growler |
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USS Growler |
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USS Growler |
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USS Growler |
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USS Growler |
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USS Growler |
USS Edson
The USS Edson (DD-946) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy,
named for Colonel Merritt "Red Mike" Edson USMC (1897-1955), who was awarded the Medal
of Honor while serving as Commanding Officer of the First Marine Raider Battalion.
The USS Edson (no 'i') should not to be confused with the WW-II-era USS Edison
(DD-439), which was named after inventor Thomas Edison.
The Edson was launched January 4, 1958 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine.
She was decommissioned in 1988 and served as a museum ship at the ISASM from 1989
until 2004, when she was replaced by the Concorde airliner exhibit. The Wisconsin Naval
Ship Association reinstated the Edson as a
museum ship berthed in the city of Sheboygan.
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USS Edson |
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USS Edson |
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USS Edson |
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USS Edson |
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USS Edson |
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USS Edson |
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