Other parts of the Intrepid are being restored to near-original condition. During more than 30 years in service, Intrepid underwent several major modifications, including a new angled deck and ...

1945 — making what would be his final mission off the vast USS Intrepid flight deck. Isley and his FG-1D Corsair fighter never made it back to the Intrepid, shot down and declared missing in ...

It's hard to imagine now in our globalized world, but many of the young American soldiers who headed onto massive ships like the USS Intrepid during World War II had never even seen the ocean before.