Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Cover of menu with colored drawing holly and poinsettias surrounding three red candles, text “U…
USS Intrepid Christmas Menu
Cover of menu with colored drawing holly and poinsettias surrounding three red candles, text “U…
Cover of menu with colored drawing holly and poinsettias surrounding three red candles, text “USS Intrepid CVA11”

USS Intrepid Christmas Menu

Object NameMenu
Association
DateDecember 25, 1961
PeriodCold War
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Madeline Welker. A2017.51
Object numberA2017.51
DescriptionMenu; USS Intrepid Christmas Menu, December 25, 1961

Menu cover has a color drawing of three red candles with holly and poinsettias surrounding the candles. The bottom of the card has "USS Intrepid CVA11" printed in black. Inside, the card has a Christmas Prayer, a Message from Captain J. L. Abbot, Jr., and the Christmas dinner menu. The back has Intrepid's address in the top left corner, a blank box for a stamp in the top right corner, and "To" printed in the middle of the page with lines for an address.
On View
Not on view
Collections
Printed certificate with Japanese characters
Joseph J. "Jocko" Clark Papers
Joseph J. Clark
December 11, 1941–1980
Object number: A00.2011.046
Tan scrapbook page with printed poem titled "Loving a Sailor"
Rex Loftin Scrapbook Pages
Rex L. Loftin
April 13, 1943–September 4, 1944
Object number: 2020.20
Cover of USS Intrepid first anniversary menu from August 16, 1944, with drawing of aircraft car…
Lane W. Peterson Papers
Lane W. Peterson
1944–1945
Object number: A2016.59
Typed paper titled “Thanksgiving Dinner” with food menu items listed in black text
William "Ma" Irvin Papers
William "Ma" D. Irvin
1944–1962
Object number: A2018.04
Christmas card laid flat vertically, bottom half has red background with "Greetings" written ab…
USS Intrepid Christmas Card
James Vince
December 1968
Object number: A2015.35
Printed Resume of USS Intrepid dated 1967
Michael Lehm Papers
Michael Lehm
1967–1974
Object number: A2021.34
Color postcard of the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid at sea, with airplanes on the flight deck
Gerald L. McDonald Correspondence
Gerald L. McDonald
1967–1968
Object number: A2016.53
Silver commemorative card from a ships company reunion in 1976, featuring the USS Intrepid seal…
Robert J. Salmanowitz Papers
Robert J. Salmanowitz
1955–1992
Object number: A2016.43
Printed booklet titled "United States Ship Intrepid, Welcome Aboard" with a blue and white phot…
Robert Wayne Osburn Papers
Robert Wayne Osburn
November 22, 1957–probably 1961
Object number: A2013.149
Sealed handwritten envelope to Nathan B. Hecker with a "Return to Sender" stamp and postmarked …
Nathan Hecker Letters
Nathan B. Hecker
November 21–29, 1944
Object number: A2018.63
Black and white photograph of one cook carving a roast beef and two cooks looking on
Carving Roast Beef for Christmas Dinner
John P. Roby
1960–1962
Object number: P2011.30.04
Black and white photograph of four men standing along the chow line, serving Christmas dinner
Christmas Dinner Being Served
John P. Roby
1960–1962
Object number: P2011.30.03
Intrepid Museum
Copyright © Intrepid Museum