{"nrhp_refnum":"86000082","name":"USS INTREPID (aircraft carrier)","other_names":["Cv-11"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Intrepid Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.76478820400007,"lon":-74.00089603299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-01-14","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1986-01-14","areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"USS Intrepid (CV-11) is an Essex class aircraft carrier built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., laid down December 1, 1941, launched April 26, 1943, and commissioned August 16, 1943. She is now berthed at Intrepid Square, Pier 86, on the Hudson River in New York City as a museum ship.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Intrepid as a representative of the Essex class carriers that formed the core of the fast carrier task forces that won the war in the Pacific. She was the third Essex class carrier built, was hit by enemy action five times, fought at Leyte Gulf, and helped sink the superbattleships Yamato and Musashi. She earned five battle stars and retains much of her wartime integrity.","narrative":"USS Intrepid is an Essex class aircraft carrier, 872 feet long, built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. She was laid down in December 1941, launched in April 1943 and commissioned that August. Intrepid was the third Essex class carrier built, a design that grew from the earlier Yorktown class with heavier antiaircraft armament, new boilers and a second armoured deck. She fought against Japan for two years, was hit by enemy action five times, took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944, and helped sink the battleships Yamato and Musashi. She earned five battle stars. The Navy modernized her in 1954 to handle jets, removing heavy guns and adding a new elevator and later an angled flight deck. Even so, her hull design, engines, machinery and hundreds of compartments remain from World War II. She is listed as a representative of the carriers that won the Pacific war and now serves as a museum ship on the Hudson River in Manhattan.","period_of_significance":"1941-1943","architect_builder":"Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"In good condition; operated as a memorial and museum ship in New York City. Extensively modernized in 1954 and later, but retains much wartime integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:40.099617-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86000082_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000082/117d260395-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000082/117d260395-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)_operating_in_the_Philippine_Sea_in_November_1944_(NH_97468).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)_operating_in_the_Philippine_Sea_in_November_1944_(NH_97468).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315946","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351288"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/uss-intrepid-aircraft-carrier-86000082/"}