| The Intrepid is a WWII aircraft carrier now moored as a museum on the Hudson shore of Manhattan. |  |
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The tower has a myriad of aerials to monitor the skies. It was upgraded many
times in its life. |
| When you have a couple of
thousand sailors to feed you need pretty large kitchens. |  |
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Pipe work on the hangar deck. Very complex and all crammed to one side to
allow more space for planes. |
| There are several models
showing it at different stages of its life with different aircraft. | |
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An early helicopter used for air sea rescue. |
| Landing lights designed
to aid the pilots to land in just the right spot for them to catch the
arrestor wires as they landed. |  |
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Right up front these are the anchor chains in the chain locker. The huge
winches are just behind us. |
| In WWII they had guns for
defence. Later on these were replaced by missiles. |  |
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A Grumann A6F Intruder. These could carry almost 8 tons of bombs (almost as
much as a B29). They saw service from 1963 to 1997. |
| This is an Israeli Kfir
(Lion Cub). The US had a squadron of these which they used to train
interceptor pilots. They simulated the toughest opponents the US pilots
could expect to meet. |  |
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A Grumann E1B Tracer, a carrier based EWAC. They were in service from 1958
to 1976. They had a crew of 4 and could 'see' over 250 miles. |
| A Sikorsky H19 Chickasaw
helicopter. With a crew of two it could carry 10 passengers. It was one of
the most significant helicopters built and had many variants. Over 1000 were
built and many more under license in the UK by Westland. |  |
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A Bell AH-1J Sea Cobra. Similar to a Huey it saw service from 1964 to 1993.
A variant is still in service with the marines. |
| The navigation bridge
which seemed very small for such a huge ship. |  |
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