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Black and white photograph of USS Intrepid sailing down the East River with small boats on eith…
USS Intrepid in the East River
Black and white photograph of USS Intrepid sailing down the East River with small boats on eith…
Black and white photograph of USS Intrepid sailing down the East River with small boats on either side, Manhattan skyline and piers visible

USS Intrepid in the East River

Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Date1957
PeriodCold War
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Chris & Nancy Wehrung in honor of his grandfather Henry B. Hopson. P2018.05.03
Object numberP2018.05.03
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal image of Intrepid leaving New York City after receiving the angled flight deck refit at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The photograph is an aerial view and captures Intrepid sailing down the East River, past Manhattan, New York. Men are manning the rails on the front half of the deck. There are tugboats and small boats sailing on either side of the ship. The piers on the East Side of Manhattan and the city’s skyscrapers are visible at the top half of the photograph. There is a caption in red pen in the top left of the image, “USS Intrepid CVA-11 // Leaving N.Y. City- 1957 // 8 months in Navy Yard”. There is a white border around the image.
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Collections
Printed black and white photograph of USS Intrepid on the East River in New York
Francis H. Castles
April 13, 1957
Object number: P2021.25.01
Black and white photograph of USS Intrepid sailing under the Manhattan Bridge in New York CIty
Charles T. Robinson Jr.
April 13, 1957
Object number: P2019.20.01
Black and white photograph of aircraft carrier USS Intrepid sailing past the Statue of Liberty …
Henry B. Hopson
1957
Object number: P2018.05.06
Black and white photograph of USS Intrepid sailing in New York harbor, lower Manhattan skyline …
Henry B. Hopson
November 30, 1956
Object number: P2018.05.02
Printed black and white photograph of USS Intrepid passing under the Manhattan Bridge
Francis H. Castles
April 13, 1957
Object number: P2021.25.02
Black and white photograph of USS Intrepid sailing past the Statue of Liberty with two tugboats…
Henry B. Hopson
November 30, 1956
Object number: P2018.05.01
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Robert A. Bloomfield
April 16, 2019
Object number: OHP.194
Black and white photograph of aircraft carrier USS Intrepid sailing with crew standing along po…
Henry B. Hopson
1957–1958
Object number: P2018.05.05
Color postcard with a photograph of piers on the Hudson River with 6 ships, including USS Intre…
Robert K. Martin
ca. 1963
Object number: A2018.97
Black and white photograph of USS Intrepid docked in New York City with ocean liners at piers o…
Arthur W. Robbins
July 1961
Object number: P2022.14a-b
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
John G. Wood
May 16, 2018
Object number: OHP.167
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Orlo L. Wilmeth
April 10, 2019
Object number: OHP.192