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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
Association
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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