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Intrepid

Ship Designation: 
CV-11
Date Lost: 
Thursday, February 17, 1944
Aerial Torpedo Attack
Intrepid headed for Truk, the tough Japanese base in Micronesia. Three US fast carrier task groups arrived on February 17, 1944, sinking two destroyers and 200,000 tons of merchant shipping in 2 days of continuous attacks. ... The night of 17 February 1944 an aerial torpedo struck Intrepid's starboard quarter, 15 feet below her waterline, flooding several compartments and jamming her rudder hard to port. ... By adroitly maneuvering with her port screw and idling her starboard engine, Intrepid maintained course for home for two days until strong winds swung her back in the direction of Tokyo. At this point the crew fashioned a jury-rig sail of hatch covers and scrap canvas which swung Intrepid about and held her on course for home. Decorated by her crazy-quilt sail, Intrepid stood into Pearl Harbor February 24, 1944.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 11

Namesort descending Service Branch
Sea 2c Raymond Adkins USN
Sea 2c Lawrence Covell USN
ACM Elmer Graves USN
Sea 1c Rhett Jones USN
EM 1c William Lear USN
Sea 1c Alphonse Moscaritolo USN
BM 2c Robert Norris USN
GM 3c John Paksi USN
Sea 2c Raymond Ray USN
F 1c Robert Stallins USN
CWT Archie Svec USN
Prepared by CAPT R. O. Strange USN (Ret.)