National Historic Landmark - INTREPID, USS (Aircraft Carrier)

The third ESSEX class aircraft carrier built (1943) by the U.S., INTREPID is representative of the ESSEX class that formed the core of the fast carrier task forces in the Pacific war.

INTREPID won fame in the Pacific in World War II as the -Fighthing I-, and received five battle stars for her World War II service.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical Landmarks