Intrepid (CVS 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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so... , wr intrepid sortied from pearl harbor, with carriers cabot and essex. I6 jan to raid islands at the northeastern corner of kwajalein atoll 29 jan 1944. the raids destroyed the 83 japanese planes based on roi and namur islands and opposition ceased on 2 feb. intrepid then headed for the caroline islands and in two days of attacks. two de- stroyers and 200,000 tons of merchant shipping were destroyed. while attacking truk the night of l6 feb, japanese torpedo planes ap- peared and intrepid suffered its first battle damage. one torpedo exploded aft killing five men and jamming the rudder to the left. as ...,,N' -.,, nu.. M -- -?g,g,, '- ' intrepid headed for pearl harbor a makeshift sail was attached to the forecastle to ease the strain on the screws. after temporary re- pairs and two months operations out of pearl harbor, intrepid headed for the marshall islands in august. intrepid's planes struck japanese positions in the palaus on sept 7 and 8, airlields on mindanao sept 9 and 10, and bases in the visayan sea sept 12 through 14. after sup- porting marines in the battle for peleliu intrepid struck throughout the philipppines, also attacking okinawa and formosa to neutralize enemy air threats to leyte.

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4 JP -cn- japan's navy was converging on leyte gulf from three directions when on oct 24 in- trepid aircraft sighted admiral kurita's flag- ship, the battleship yamoto. two hours later, planes from Cabot and intrepid began a day long attack that damaged yamoto and sunk her sister ship musashi.