Intrepid (CV 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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damHE9- on 29 October Task Force 35.2 rgade aerial strilzes against fields and air field installatiens in the Clara Field area . e1tral Luzori g .,Q' fuon damage was inflicted Dxring the day Q panese suicide plane dove ai: the sl-ian, and, aleliough hit and nina by AA fire, struor at Gun cub lo lm on the port side,. 111115 tae persbnnel listed 11 tue cirronologg except' for putting everal 20 ' L buns out of CO121fg..lSSlf'J l, no serious damage was sus-- ained aid tile shin continued operable ns Luzim fields were full J ganese jlaqes alla i.8Illl8 Harbor full or taeir slaips. Both er uroeptlf attao- ed In a ie--s dafs tae narbor potters was paved ' ' ci Us were full of burned planes itn siuinm, and tue fields an 1 d snotdown Jlanes, respectively 1 Q Oil' Oceooer Vice Adlnral Jolm Sldney lcCa1n, U.S.I-T., re- bieved Vice' 'rdinlral ,lar-O , ' Q15 C591-, g as Comgander of Task ,The b' Task, Group struck: Southern LLIZOD 828111 OH 5 and 6 November onceiltrariingon air fields, air field iiistallatiens, 35 Well as 5hi39if1S'Qe aid on 7iffOLV8i1b93? retired to Ulithi for I'eQl9f1iSbF-ent 4 ei 1131133919 with ras: recreation, arriving there lO Noverfoer. me 5 l . -- -. .4 +C-to an area OUP 38.2 sortiedf from Ulithi on lb MOVE?- -U91 enrou' 3,0 HTOVSIJDST, in company with Task' A , a- , , on and the Visayas 35,,' n:ade aerial striges S25 1 , Di' t11eiPhilippif1es, and on 1 1 iqgt southern Luz

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IQEI-TTIAL shifted to Northern Luzon, Heading, south again Task Force 38 strucl: the 'visa-.fag Gnu., on October in sullhfort of the landing-,s at Leyte. After refueling Task: Force returned to the attaclz on 24 October and, after. h planes had located a strong, Japanese surface force in the ibuvan Sea, colmitted itself' to strong continuous aerial strilzes galnst this lorce throughout the day. The Japanese fleet had shown tself at last The enemy force suffered great danny, including 'Ii he loss of a Yamato type battleshig. During the night inforzistion as received that a strong, Japanese carrier taslz force was north- ast of Luzoi, heading, south. The ILITLLJID in Tas: Force 38 heeded orth to interceot this force, and on the morning of 25 October Ocated and almost completely annihilated it. The cripgled were inished o I bi- surface forces later in the day and during, the night 13 noon t is date, upon receipt of inforrgation that the Sibuyan Sea force had sortied from San Sernadino Straits, Task Group 2 Steatzed south at top speed to attempt interception and engage- . Q ,Lv ' nn 7' t not-qever, pg-lgp to arrival, uillS enemy for ce had attacled our ltcarriere o-gerating in sup-Jort of the Lelfte lalldiflie and had rival, The following, morning. Wred the Straits prior. to our arl V K 0 n ' J- ' 1 ' 6 .t Wed aerial strikes against this Jaganese iorce. HS 1 inflicting '0hroug,h the Sibuyan Sea, Southwest of Panay Island,

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Qn 25 Noveriber, while striking the above areas, the IITEUID 5 ' ' ' 'Q , 1 - N , struck b, two suicide p..anes,lsuf1erin,, heavy dariage. T119 1: declc waS put out of cornnission and huge fires were started urwere not brought under control until three hours later. In meantime, that part of the air group which was airborne, was ted to land on various other carriers in the Tasl: Forceg those which there was no room were directed to land at Leyte. Six ers and fifty-nine enlisted lien were izilled, died or were sing as ia result of this attack. ' ' t d t 1 1'l5'l 2EPID On 26 Eiovefiber Corlnander iask Force Bo direc e me retire to Ulithi and the ship arrived there on 27 November. To surprise of the 13-ITREIRID crew, on 30 November various elements A5-1' Group 18 arrived from their emergency landing bases of 25 r,landing3 on the air strip at Ulithi. ?ilots regorted the-'same dayg' The Air Group never ezzgected 110 get t0S9'f'h91' , Vbutftnere is an old Saying, Wpilots like to sleep in their 59dS3 ours found their Wa? home f-195-Clily by devious routes' . l'f'Decergber 1941, VF Squadron l8 was detached and on 2 r Task Unit 3o.9.l2, under- me Coggrranci of cast-aifl J- F- , Ui. .SigN. , ,consisting of the rzrrasrrn, 'EZAITZ and 11113-0V? a 'a3 it ' ,T 'Vinh there 11 Dec. H1141 sortied, enroute- to 'Pearl f.CiI'bQI': arrlf O