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‘ aircraft carrier that-^was ® ...................... " i dubbed the “most hit ship’’ of ; " < E- World War II is alive and well in New ll®li»iB \ Now permanently moored at *; . • >. riudson River Pier 86,46th Street, the ', V Wss^XE U.S;S. Intrepid joins the ranks of the r - ■« SBSilBI Empire State Building and the Statue te $ of Liberty as one of the city’s premier ‘ ® ? ■ tourist attractions. ® -Oil The 41,000-ton warship has been J

I'/E'” transformed into the Intrepid Sea- >\ ^-Space Museum. Its mammoth ; y t^gar deck below is divided into four - B - SS’KSffS’^SSSS^ trace the history of flight from the > : early barnstormers to the space shut-, ; b ; tlci and celebrate the modern Navy. -..seasT^Wu i^ “It looks like a giant space ship,’’ .^.......................... ..................... .. ................ ... _________ / exclaimed one Star Wars bred young- , .,.- u.g.s. Intrepid of World War Il fame has been transformed into a floating museum berthed at Hudson Biver pier.'^B^ ' ster who was among thousands of >; h ; /■. people on a self-guided tour of the?,' : the Intrepid details the" 650 enemy^are reminded that the massive fires salute to the space age. ; terrier one recent Sunday afternoon. planes that were destroyed and 289 i<and scores of deaths^and injuries took For many visitors, the greatest * t^In fact, the ship does have an outer: ; enemy ships that were sunk or dam- ’? = place on the spot they are now stand- thrill of all will be to simply, stand on : v space connection: in addition to its aged by the carrier’s aircraft. , „ \ing.- .. . the giant flight deck that once cata- ? military role during World War 11 and The Intrepid Hall, museum;,area ;? , ,s A -wide-screen color film, captun pulted fighting planes into battle or to J^ the Vietnam War, the Intrepid served looks at some anxious moments in the® ing the excitement of life aboard a climb the ladders to the bridge, sit in , as prime recovery ship for the Mer- ? ship’s history—when it was a prime modem carrier, is presented inside the captain’s high swivel chair and ? «iry And GemW missions.-.; ® target of kamikaze pilots and subma- the giant elevator that once lifted examine the array of navigating and SkThe. Intrepid was launched twowrine torpedoes that took more than 100 s \^ fighter planes from the hangar to the communications equipment at his ® >r^,after Pearl Iferbw v^en ut® lives. J fl^ht d^. ? ■ • - command. , » ' ; joined; the Central Pacific forces.^^;: ' v? The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Muse- Carrying 360 officers and a crew of^-* One dramatic slide and sound show Aircraft on view aboard ship, ^um is open every day except Christ- V • 3^008 men, the ship participated in thC;. : ; presents a moving first-person ac-. j,. hanging from the ceilings and on the^Hmas and New Year’s with hours from inv^ion of the Marshall Islands and„^ count of war at sea—“everybody’fS flight deck, range from the Hellcats lo a.m. to 6 p.m. during the fall and played a pivotal role in the battle of throwing everything they’ve got”—.> and Avengers of World War II to the winter. Allow three hours or more for V Leyte Gulf, where her aircraft helped,^^ Md a particularly savage day in ,, , modem Skyhawk and Intruder jets. viewing. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 4 sink the Japanese . super-battleship November 1944 when the Intrepid was , Orbiting satellites and moon forseniorcitizensand62.50forchil- Musashi. A giant scorecard aboard; , stmck by two suicide planes. Viewers ' landers part of the museum’s dren under 12.