Intrepid (CV 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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fiufetaniaotype. fo e t ' i - ' l CaPJ'5ai1i Spraaoeii assLu1ed ooonaoa of tnodiozrieozzgai in January We lm' afldfserved as ner Coizaanding Gfficer until he was ordered to I. T2,i1f'S11'G training school at Pensacola, Florl -A, + S gi . . - UPUII completion of flight training, ' Q - cogqiozxaln . 4 x Cagtain Thomas L. Sprague, U. S. Navy During the course of a 29 year Naval career, Captain Sprague 'Q ommanded three other vessels and has held resoonsible posit.. if has c VI -1' I 0 A Q ions in the naval air ozcganizatinn. ' - 51 After graduating from the lfaval .academy at Annaiuolis in June, - , E if 1917, no reported for duty on the U.s.s. CL' minion onion, at that .. t'1e was engafed in overseas convoy duty. n Q S a Us , O ,. In 1918, Captain Sprague was ordered to the U.S.S. 1102-ITGOIIRY for conmissioning and fitting out duty and for duty aboard as engineering offioer when commissioned. The :3o:ff1'ec1:ga'f, a doo- lrwer of izoo sooo, was ooo, of one first of one flush declf: type . ' 'V d. She was employed and was built in the I-.ewgort 2-Tens snipyar l e f l 25 inoverseas conveying of fast. transportsof the Leviathan and o, f . K , V. if' i 'da in the late months a i in 1221, he reiiibfted for S-'Fit-H6 to the staff of the Commander, All' Voice' Paolflc ee. . Appendix I, 935551. A