Black and white photograph of aircraft carrier USS Intrepid sailing with crew standing along po…

Manning the Rails

Association USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)

Date1957–1958

Mediumphotographic paper

ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts

Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Chris & Nancy Wehrung in honor of his grandfather Henry B. Hopson. P2018.05.05

Object numberP2018.05.05

DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal image of Intrepid’s flight deck when the crew is manning the rails. Enlisted men in white uniforms are along the port and starboard sides of the flight deck. Two rows of Marines stand across the forward edge of the deck. Aircraft including North American FJ Furys, Grumman F9F Cougars, Douglas AD Skyraiders and Piasecki HUP-2 Retrievers are parked on the flight deck. Land is on the left side of the image. There is a caption in red pen in the top right of the image, “U.S.S. Intrepid. Norfolk, VA. 1956-1958”. The angled flight deck indicates that the image dates from 1957 or thereafter. There is a white border around the image.

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