Intrepid (CV 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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'DIAL h . - ded aboard e d 'eos .. S- Navy: lan -R Ctrl is-sol ted for dutv T - . - he Task: Unit, ved at Eniwetol: on 21+ August, was dissolved , ' 1 3-Fld OIL 25 August H75-R3?ID reported to Task G7-'OUP 55.2 wnich get underway for ejzercises, returning to Elniwetok the followin' nav f L I 0 v ' ' . a, on 29 August the TLETTIBPID was detached fron Tasl: Group 58 2 repofted to Task Group 33.2 for duty. The Task Grouo got under- ff for combat operations. On L September lfillll the Assistant Secretary of the Ifavwr for 3 1 , and his Aide, landed aboard in a surprise visit. They had 4 unch aboard, tallied over coming operations, and were launched for eturn to ljanus about three o'cloc1: in the afternoon. 011.6 September l9l+!+ the IITPRETPID commenced her third combat aeration, Air Group li? her first, against the Japanese held Palau Sland Group. Aerial strilzes were carried out, continuing through .he 7U1',in neutralising raids against air fields, anti-aircraft and Osstal gun positions, in greparation for the assault and capture ch '- T f l- ter. See CO letter serial 0135 was to follow several days a Seiltenber l9l,L,.. for details of operations at Palau and in the UPJJISS ' , on 9 Seoteiioer lCL,,L, the IT' iD, in co Janf with LQSV' Group Prcceeded to the vicinity of ndanao Island in tne PnJ.lJ.pJ1ne S aerial stri' es asain t all fields Ml'-ul the lnten'-U-on

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ID3I3'I.'IAL On 3 'Tune 3-91'-L+: the 37523313 got under:-aa? for ,post-repair which proved successful and sne returned to time lfaval Air on, Alameda OH il- 'Tulle l9La-L+. The If-TTRTJPID was underway aggin 9 June for Pearl Harbor, carrying, gassengers, spare aircraft, ized equiiment and niscellaneous cargo, for the forward area. arrived at Pearl Harbor on ll.. June. On 22 June Air Groug l9, under the command of Commander Karl Jung, U.S. Ziavy, regorted aboard for transgortation to Enivaetnlc. he ship was underway on 23 June as Task Group 19.7, under the com- nd of Captain Joseph F. Bolger, U.S. Navy, consisting of the HHRZPID, the S1ALLEY'and LUETZ, enroute to Eniwetok, anchoring here 30 June l9l4l+. On l July l9bl+, Air Group l9 was transferred to fteidr Station at Eniwetok by catapulting the entire group at anchor. Comrgencing on L, July l9i,!+ various Array, Navy and Karine per- gmuml, for passage to tne rear area for further hospitalization transfer, were received aboard and Taslfilroup 19.7 3015 I-lDd01'WBY Pearl Harbor, arriving tnere on ll July. On l6 August 19h-1+ the Task Unit l2.3.2 WHS fOI'il9d, Under the of Rear Admiral Francis Stuart Lo'-1, U.S. Ziavfff Coflsistj-FS - --Q --v , 'ff 1 -1'-b 1 ' . the INT.'f3?ID, INDSPJLDHCE, sam, D....a-'CI-, 1-AhA1w CUSHIHG-, and sortied Pearl Harbor enroute to Enitaetolz. Air . '7' ' -h T' 1' E - 16, under the command of Cofnlander nillian .,d..ard ills, r s f i

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'WSI' 300 miles, the Tasl: Group Cogiqander did not E' IAL -:Juli down Japanese aircraft tnst nziznt su., ,rt their forces t -4 4- --' a , Runvaays and grounded aircraft were nit. Enemy planes xvere During the period 12 to 11. September l9L,,L,, aerial Strikes conducted aginst air fields and air field installations in me s Group of Islands, Central Pnilippines, for the sane our- i as those conducted against Llindanao. Emery planes were still to find. 'There were the -Taps - Luzon? On 17 September 1941+ Task Group 36.2 returned to Palau Islands d the 'Air G ue took oart in suouort missions for the landinffs ro , , ,R O hen in progress. Again Task Group 38.2, with the ITTTLERID as a unit, headed Orth, and during, the period 21 to 22 September conducted aerial rikes against air fields, air field installations and enemy ship- 8 On and in the vicinity of Luzon, Pnilipgine Islands. Follow- s this, Task Group headed south again and on 21, September con- uoted strikes against air fields and air field installations and s Ning, inthe Visayas area. Search glagies reported a heavy con- Pn ration of enemy shipping, consisting lainly of tankers, at , Un Island in the western part of the Visayes area. Al'0llO11311 a a of the Tasl: Group 9 distance to this area froze the operating, re hesitate to Qigiq, A U ' ,I ,- ' ask? ,f ag .n ., J , 1 ' 5- ?: ' , ' - ' ' , 5 333- . U- J , I . I .. ,V 1. 4, 'J' Us Q - L , ' 4 A