News – The Navy will help move the historic aircraft carrier USS Intrepid from its muddy berth in the Hudson River to New Jersey for repairs, officials said Saturday.
I made four cruises on the Intrepid. Despite is age it was in increadable condition. It stayed mission able until the day it was decommisioned. New technologies made it obsolete. Most of the bulky ASW equipment our planes, S2 Trackers, carried, today could be reduced to a laptop PC.The best part of it all is we no longer have missle loaded Soviet submarines at out doorstep.
I think the effort to preserve this ship is worth every penny spent on the operation. She is as much a Veteran as those who served aboard her.
I look forward to the day when I can walk onboard and see some of my history.
To all Veterans on this November 11, I wish to say thank you.
To all whom have lost loved ones to these duties I send my sincere condolences and also my thanks for the sacrifice they and their families have made.
I agree that it would be a shame to scrap this piece of history. I realize that all historical vessels can't be spared. I served aboard the U.S.S. Essex, which was scrapped as well as the U.S.S. Biddle which was also scrapped, not to mention the U.S.S. Enterprise which is still in service (although the fire we had aboard her made me wonder if she would survive).
I, too, wish to thank all veterans and wish them well. I hope they always have a grateful country to return to.
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My last ship (the USS Gunston Hall LSD 44) was anchored in the Hudson close to the Intrepid for Fleet Week 1995 and I'm not supprized the Intrepid got stuck. The Navy has plenty of salvage ships and tugs to help with one of it's most famous WW2 carriers.
BTW, Thank you to all the veterans on this special day. Every day we should thank a vet.
well, why does New York's Port Authority or whomever is in charge of harbor operations not DREDGE out a deeper channel? They need to do that in order to keep the harbor Navy friendly, otherwise, Naval ships, ports, bases should be closed off in areas that are too shallow to support heavy tonage such as Aircraft carriers or other large vessels. to me, an incident like this should be entirely preventable.