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The place behind the pier.
A wartime aircraft carrier, the first space shuttle orbiter and a Cold War submarine offer several ways into the story of the Intrepid Museum.
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An Essex-class carrier
USS Intrepid was commissioned on 16 August 1943 and served in the Pacific in the Second World War, where she was hit by four kamikaze aircraft.
She later recovered astronauts for NASA in 1962 and 1965 and served in the Vietnam War before her decommissioning in 1974.
A museum at Pier 86
The museum opened at Pier 86 on 3 August 1982, and the ship became a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
Between 2006 and 2008 the ship was restored in New Jersey before returning to the Hudson.
A shuttle and a submarine
The Space Shuttle Enterprise, built for atmospheric test flights in the 1970s, has been on the carrier since 2012. Growler, a guided missile submarine commissioned in 1958, reopened to visitors in 2009.
This history belongs to the place and the people who served in it. The History page offers a longer introduction, and the timeline gives a short route through selected milestones.
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Sources & further reading
- Intrepid Museum: Visitor information
- Wikipedia: USS Intrepid (CV-11)
- Wikipedia: Intrepid Museum
- Wikipedia: Space Shuttle Enterprise
Links lead to the original publishers.
