Intrepid (CVS 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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ENS RD. Phipps geTTing auf of HGIICCIIL affer making I,000Th landing. Each oT The squadrons had iTs speciaITy. VB-6 under The command aT LCDIQ Ingerslew was composed oT 36 SBC-5A DaunTIesses or Speedy D's as They were called, dive bombers ThaT released Their bombs Tram verTical dives on Their TargeTs aT abouT 2,000 TeeT, rarely higher Than ThaT, buT auiTe oTTen much lower. VI:-6 wiTh iTs 37 Pol: I-IelIcaTs under The command oT LCDR I-I.W. Harrison was To provide The TighTer air cover Tor The ship, Task Torce, and assauIT Troops. VT-6 composed aT 7 TBI:-Is, 7 TBI:-ICs and 5 TBM-ICs was headed by LCDR WG. l3riveTTe. IT was Their mission To deliver Torpedoes To enemy ships. This delivery had To be aT- TecTed while doing I80kTs aT abouT 25 To 50 TeeT above The waTer however, and Then since The piloT didn'T wanT To release The Torpedo before he TeIT sure iT was going To hiT The TargeT he waiTed unTil he was wiThin I,300 yards and usually less lThe smaller The TargeT The closer in you camel before he leT go. UnTorTunaTeIy, This had a Tend- ency To make These planes raTher good TOrgeTs which earned Them The name aT HTurkies in addiTion To ThaT oT The oTTicial nickname, Avengers. The planes oT The new air group had To geT The Teel oT Their new home and so on The I2Th aT January, IINITREIDID sTood ouT of Pearl wiTh iTs ever presenT ASW escorT oT DD's which was now composed aT The OVVEN, SULLI- VAINIS and GATLING, and conducTed The pracTice They needed, unTiI, Treshly Tueled, armed and replenished, INTIQEPID was ready aT lasT. The war had been going on Tor Three ,years aT This Time and Tor The mosT parT iT had been going The way The .lap- anese wanTed iT To, buT Things had begun To change. Qur Pacific TIeeT had regained iTs original sTrengTh and was quickly surpassing iT. The soIuTion aT The baTTIeship carrier aues,Tion so unexpecTedIy provided by The Jap- anese aT The beginning oT The war, remained in Tull opera- Tion ThroughouT iT. The I:ighTing Ladies were The un dispuTed capiTal ships oT The TIeeT, and when a new baT- Tleship of The IOWA Class enTered The war she did so as parT oT The screen Tor The new TasT carrier. The carriers had proven Their worTh, now all ThaT remained was To win The Lffrir During The IasT monThs aT I943 when Allied lzorces aT The SouTh and SouThwesT I3aciTic were hammering aT is- lands and airfields in The Bismarcks and Bougainville, ADM NimiTz had organized Two massive amphibious oper- aTions wiTh his pacific FIeeT.The TirsT pIanTed American power in The GiIberT Islands, The second in The Mar- shalls. 24 Till? fulliiwrl fliifl llI'iV'N 1 - lirifit ririfl lAfiri'1ri'1'. 'VVIVI' I' , rgallarl l!lifj.rorif:'.if1, Tl H I 'if gififwff, Tlifrj ri-riisi 'r,f:'I I'ifi', , ffzhff The pliillppiriei, ff-irifl 'lrvl 1619, f-, - ' ' . if , ,I iii, ffeb. l4!!fIlCJI 3IVi in The liar THU if ' . J,- C ' ' l.V- il 'f ir 'f r f and oaipan iriTTieifarifi,1f,,, MJT: T, i I Tonsiife sysTem eazilf 'i'f?fiffi9'? ' 3 , DOn, ifiThin which air and riafal Torcet A bled and deployed, planes and i Zerfifst and surTace raids organized. Q search 1 reach Them Trorri existing Allied Lasei, ' H 'G which, Marshall Island Bay, Hai ILL 00 ff dalcanal, l,I30 Trom Carnon, and I,1j9 Trp The Japanese submarines ThaT had I'Iarbor sTarTed Tram Kwaialein. The assaf had wresTed Wake Tram The Marines belonaei Tr 'I ,.,-. f shaII's Garrison, The big bombers That no s J- U Nlaior Devereuxis Marines Tleff Tram Po? ann amphibious Torce ThaT had Taken Guam sTarTed . We had Taken a beaTing buT now iT was our Tu anese were going To be hiT hard,and when iref reeling Tram The TirsT blow They were going , . ii Li A gain and again ----- NlomenTum was in: mf , .J 427 UZ , lNIimiTz's sTraTegy. I-Ie TeIT ThaT The closer one sTepped on The heels aT The oTher, The greaTer . i I fi P f,,,: -,Q OUT' QGIVTS OVTCI The 9ViGITly S OSSGS CHQ Camas, , TasT carrier Task Torce was The means wiTh hard and rapid punches could be delivered riff.-f' -f-QQ: 2 IINITIQEPID was To be parT aT ThaT Torce. The aT The plan, 0peraTion I:IinTIock, called Tor Tended aToII oT Maiuro To be Taken TirsT Tor iTs anchorage, ThaT boTh ends aT Kwaialein, Kwaialein Island, Roi and Namur, The hub oil deTensive sysTem, be assauITed simuITaneou ond day, and ThaT EniweTok be Taken as so ble ThereaTTer. I 4 N19 SC-C5 +L Ii' I s.y OFT r. -T - .X ,-,-A f-,-.fv iq, vvi M - .V . i irnniniy liiiii il.-. ruin ,Tn iiion, i i I E?-'J-Ln if wil! ..iG' iii, HS' .40 in-in' ..5' ri' f i T 5 Q 5 1 T E 5. 5. 3 T 2

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