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Intrepid
built 276 days ago
Twice Winner of the America's Cup, the incomparable 12 Meter Intrepid is close to the hearts of sailors. 12 US-22 is one of the most famous racing yachts of all time. As the first Twelve to separate the rudder from the keel, include a "bustle" or "kicker," and add a trim tab, she marked a tremendous breakthrough in Twelve Meter design. Her designer, the legendary Olin Stephens, had her built of double planked mahogany on white oak frames; her general underbody type, with relatively minor refinements, was used on every subsequent Cup boat until the 12 Meter Australia II's winged keel of 1983. In 1967 while ably skippered by "Bus" Mosbacher, she completely crushed all competition including the unfortunate Australian challenger Dame Pattie. Revamped by Britton Chance in '70 and well sailed by Bill Ficker, she defeated the strong Aussie challenger, Gretel II.
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USS Intrepid was the third Essex class carrier to be laid down by the United States. The Essex class of carriers was a half-way design. Carriers of that class were developed after the end of the Washington Naval Treaty and were ... considerably larger than comparable ships designed earlier. However, the out break of the war and the need to rush ships into action meant that they would be developed from earlier treaty-bound designs. [1] The Essex class was essentially an enlarged improved version of the previous Yorktown class featuring added antiaircraft armament, new high pressure boilers, new en echelon machinery arrangement, better underwater protection, more powerful catapults, and a second armoured deck on the hanger level. [2]
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The Intrepid-class USS Voyager has a spade-shaped saucer section attached directly to the engineering section. The main bridge, escape pods that act as lifeboats, auxiliary navigational deflector, sensor platforms and dorsal phaser arrays are at the top of the saucer section. The ship's ventral phaser arrays, additional sensors, thrusters, running lights, an Aeroshuttle, and additional lifeboats occupy the ventral saucer. The main navigational deflector and two photon torpedo launchers are at the bow of the engineering section. The shuttlebays, aft torpedo launchers, and impulse engines occupy the stern near the warp nacelles.
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Sitting beside the Intrepid, you’ll find the USS Growler, SSG 577, the only intact strategic diesel-powered submarine that fired nuclear missiles open to the public anywhere in the world. Tours of the Growler are guided and children under 6 are not permitted to tour the submarine.
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USS Intrepid was extensively modernized by the Navy in 1954 to convert her to a modern attack carrier capable of handling jets. All heavy guns were removed, the centerline elevator was sealed, and a new heavy duty starboard side elevator was installed. In a later refit an angled flight deck was added to the port side of the ship.
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The Intrepid's design can be traced to 1986, when designer Kevin Verduyn completed the initial exterior design of a new aerodynamic concept sedan called Navajo. The design never passed the clay model stage.
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