Intrepid (CV 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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I PIL Tae DTR' PID No.5 underway a9ain on 16 December 1941, far Hunters Point, California, for battle damage repairs. She arrived there on 20 Dec r-lber '-Iunters Point personnel began to cali the I1 l ' PID 'tneir' shio Uvon completion of reoairs sae was underway again on ll Febru ary for post re oair trials, returning to the Faval .air Station, nlareda, on 13 February On 15 rebruarf .LOl+5, Captain Giles Snort, U.S. Navy, re- lieved Captain .Joseph Bolger, U.S. Navy, as Coreznagzclinfg Officer. See Avaendix I On the nert day, 16 February, Air Group LO, under the command 01 Cor.-uander John J dyland, U.S. Navy, regorted aboard for duty and the shit: was tmuerfav for Pearl Harbor on the 20th, arriving there on me izznzn On 27 February Tas-1 Unit 19.3, under tile ooganand of Captain TSS E. Snort, U.S. Navy, eongosea of the Ilvrtagzaro, FMT and :Isr- x , , -, . . cum: WHS-underway with Air Group LC emoarrced for oiitni. ' I C L ., M ' g A. , ' 49.5, . 4 . 'gn , f , Y?.f'.': 7 1 4- :.gV..g ,ki Eg, , ' - Q . r.:'f 4,-: , - - V - P 'L' i i ,. 5 i

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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

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.,...,.--... -,...... .. D' F1 .L.:,R.L .LgiJ..a.'.b Apgendices Short biography of Cagtain Thohas L. SQl85U8, USN Short biography of Captain William D. Sample, USN Short bio raghy of Captain Joseph F. Boiger,IIiE Short bio raphy of Captain Giles B. Short, USN Recnrd of Air Group Six Record of Air Group Bighteen Reoord of I1TT?.3?ID AA Guns . -..nf ..,, .4- . .5 .'.' . H' ' 4, l W. . . , g . , , .5 ' i gil .gnQj' .I jj Jul 1