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Volume I Monday, August 16, 1943 Number 1 COMMANDING OFFICER'S EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S STATEMENT TO CREW FIRST INTREPID EARNED NAME STATEMENT TO CREW IN ENGAGEMENTS AGAINST ENEMY We are now engaged in a great All hands have done a real Navy job in fitting out our ship. We are war. Enemies from across the The word INTREPID is synonymous with courageous, sea have attacked us without warn­ ready to take her over. We are fearless, bold and undaunted. Such was our first ship to bear rarin' to go - to make every ing. They coveted the country for the name U.S.S. INfl'REPID, for in the Naval war between which our forefathers fought and minute, from here on out, count the United States and the BARBARY STATES, she dis­ toward developing the finest fight­ died. They considered us incapable tinguished herself by two bold and daring actions. ing team - officers, men, ship - of defending ourselves. ·As has The first INTREPID was supposed to have been built as a bomb that we are capable of. been said before, "What kind of ketch gunboat in France in 1798 for the Egyptian Expedition of General The enemy shall know well - people do they think we are?" Bonaparte. It was sold to Tripoli and named the MASTICO. It was in fear and trepidation - that we This ship's company, assembled captured off Tripoli by the American schooner ENTERPRISE, 12 guns, exist. for the first time on these decks, December 23, 1803. Intrepid - a splendid name for appears to be a good and sufficient The frigate PHILADELPHIA, under the command of Captain Wil­ a United States Naval vessel. "All answer. Entrusted to our hands liam Bainbridge, ran aground on some uncharted submerged rocks, that the name implies" might well today, is a fine ship. She has been November 1, 1803, while chasing a corsair and was captured by the be our motto - and with this goal honestly and skillfully built. It is Tripolitans, the captain, officers and crew being taken prisoners. ever in sight we shall mete out now up to us. There is much work Commodore Edward Preble in the CONSTITUTION with headquar­ proper punishment and thorough ahead. There are many problems defeat to the enemy. to solve before the INTREPID will ters at Syracuse as a base, learning of the disaster finally approved a plan to burn the PHILADELPHIA and remove her as a menace to We know our God, our country, be ready to meet the enemy and and our loved ones expect this of strike the powerful blows of which future operations against Tripoli. LiPUtfnant :;;tephen Decatur with a band of 84 officers and men, all volunteers, acting under orders of i.!s. she is capable. With your co­ Intrepid - the watch is set. Commodore Preble entered the harbor of Tripoli on the night of Feb­ operation, loyalty and attention to ---0--- duty, we will get on with that job ruary 16, 1804, in command of the INTREPID, with orders to burn and and. will welcome the earliest op­ destroy the PHILADELP.HIA. The INTREPID was chosen on account ASSISTANT SECRETARY portunity to contribute our part of her Turkish rig which lessened the chance of her identity being dis­ to the certain and glorious victory. closed while entering the harbor and sailing along side the PHILADEL­ OF NAVY FOR AIR WILL PHIA preparatory to boarding that ship. Decatur successfully ac­ No ship that ever put to sea in complished his mission and withdrew safely with only one of his men PRESENT CITATIONS time of war has had a better name wounded, but not seriously. Lord Nelson, who at this time was in com­ than our's-INTREPID-fearless, mand of the British blockading fleet, before Toulon, expressed it, " the The Honorable Artemus L. Gates, bold, brave, undaunted, courageous, most bold and daring act of the age." Assistant Secretary of the Navy resolute, valiant, heroic-these are for Air, will present the citations the words which define our name. The following officers went with Decatur in the INTREPID: to the officers and men of the U.S.S. Let us live and fight our ship by From the ENTERPRISE INTREPID who are to receive that name. Lieutenant James Lawrence awards during the commissioning ---0--- Midshipmen Joseph Bainbridge ceremony for the ship today. CAPTAIN THOMAS L. Jonathan Thorn Secretary Gates first became af­ Thomas Macdonough filiated with the Navy when he left SPRAGUE ASSUMES Surgeon's-Mate Lewis Herrman Yale University in 1917 to enroll From the CONSTITUTION in the Naval Reserve Aviation pro­ COMMAND TODAY Midshipmen Ralph Izard gram. John Rowe During the first World War, he Captain Thomas L. Sprague, Charles Mo_rris achieved the rank of Lieutenant USN, today will assume command Alexander Laws and was assigned to participate in of the fourth U.S.S. Intrepid dur­ John Davis many imp(•rtant missions as an ac­ ing the commissioning ceremony Thomas 0. Anderson tive flying member of the Northern for the ship at Norfolk Navy Yard. The pilot was Salvatore Catalano, a Sicilian. IJombing group in l<';:ance. At one During the course of a 29 year For some time Preble had contemplated sending a fire-ship into the time he served as Commanding Naval career, Captain Sprague has harbor of Tripoli to destroy the enemy's shipping, and to that end the Officer of the Naval Air Station commanded three other vessels :and INTREPID was selected. Master Commandant Richard Somers, of the at Dunkerque. has held · responsible positions in NAUTILUS, volunteered for command of this perilous enterprise, and In the latter days of the war, the Naval air organization. Midshipmen Henry Wadsworth (an uncle of the poet Longfellow) and Lieutenant Gates, while flying as After graduating from the Naval Joseph Israel, with ten men, all volunteers, made up her crew. One a member of a French squadron, Academy at Annapolis in June, hundred barrels of powder were placed\ below her deck, upon which were engaged in combat with an enemy 1917, he reported for duty on the piled one hundred and fifty fixed shells, with a fuse, calculated to burn aerial force of superior strength, U.S.S. Cleveland which, at that fifteen minutes, led aft to a box filled with combustibles. was brought down behind the lines, (Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 3) PAGE 2 THE INTREPID INTREPID and bunk duty can leave a man CAPT. THOMAS SPRAGUE The Ship's Paper of the washed out. His interests amount ASSUMES COMMAND EXTENSIVE ATHLETIC U.S.S. Intrepid to: (a) "when am I gonna get re­ (Continued from Page 1) Captain Thomas L. Sprague, USN lieved?" (b) "gimme another cup PROGRAM IS PLANNED Commanding of jamoke;" (c) "boy, is that bunk time, was engaged in overseas con­ Commander R. K. Gaines, USN going to feel good!" voy duty. Headed by Lt. J. V. _Ambrose, Executive Officer It is easily understood why a man In 1918, Captain Sprague was fermer college and professional ath­ can get bored, and will gripe, but Lt. K. V. Otteson, USNR ordered to the U.S.S. Montgomery lete, the ship's athletic department Editor before you yourself mistake a lot for commissioning and fitting out has been busily engaged in procur­ Contributors of worthless weight for meat and duty and for duty aboard as engi­ ing equipment to provide the great­ Lt. J. E. Ferree, USN muscle, remember that the spaces neering officer when commissioned. Lt. J. V. Ambrose, USNR aboard our ship are not so confined The Montgomery, a destroyer of est variety of sports for recrea­ Lt. J. F. Morrill, USNR that we have to live and work in 1200 tons, was one of the first of tional purposes for officers and men Lt. (jg) J. D. White, USNR the same 50 square feet. The space the flush deck type and was built of the crew of the Intrepid. is there; the program is there. As Lt. (jg) W. P. Lukens, USNR in the Newport News shipyard. The department hopes, by de­ Ens. R. S. Carter, USNR Lieut. Ambrose put it-"Our desire She was employed in overseas con­ veloping an extensive and well in­ Ens. H . C. Small, USNR is to try to relieve tension by pro­ voying of fast transports of the tegrated program of inter-divis­ Pharm. A. N. Diaz, USN viding relaxation through sports Leviathan and Mauretania type. ional and inter-departmental sports, T. J. Ellis, Y2/c, USN competition. That's the dope from Captain Sprague assumed com­ to materially benefit morale and a fellow who made his living by mand of the Montgomery in Janu­ CREW MUST STRIVE having strength and endurance, and maintain high physical efficiency FOR MORALE BUILDING ary 1!l20, and served as her Com­ standards among the personnel. it applies to any officer or blue­ manding Officer until he wa,; Naval battles, unlike the cam­ jacket. The underway routine de­ The athletic offtcer and his as­ ordered to the flight training sistants will endeavor to make paigns fought by the Army and mands terrific sacrifices at times. school at Pensacola, Florida, in the Marines for weeks or months at You will have plenty to occupy available coordinated activities late months of the same year. throughout the day. As far as a time, are a matter of minutes. your mind with your job. It will Upon completion of flight train­ possible, these recreational activi­ There are naval battles recorded be your own undertaking to pre­ ir,g, in 1921, he reported for duty ties will be arranged in classes so in this war where a decisive vic­ pare yourself to meet the sacrifices to the staff of the Commander, Air that the greatest number will be tory was won in eight, 11 or 21 of sleep, etc. Force, Pacific Fleet. He was later able to take advantage of the facili­ minutes. Such vigorous prosecu­ As for "not doing anything"; assigned to Aircraft Observation ties. tion, to the finalities of life and a unit of our size just by being Squadron Two. This squadron, death for the victor and the van­ present in certain waters will equiped with the old DH type air­ Every effort is being made to quished, is proving our Navy the check-mate an equal or larger­ planes, was the first to be em­ provide an attractive and interest­ finest. sized unit of the enemy in the ployed for air spotting of surface ing program which will be greatly At the same time the lack of chess-like strategy of naval war­ gunfire. enhanced by enthusiastic voluntary fare. It is true that our far -flung cooperative effort on the part of sustu.ined exciten1ent can, para­ Returning to Pensacola in 1923. frontiers have resulted in many the officers and men of the crew. doxically enough, cause boredom of Captain Sprague took command of the worst sort. With our Naval officers and bluejackets not meet­ squadron one, and later became Lt. Ambrose is well qualified to frontiers stretching from Mur­ ir.g their children until those chil­ senior squadron comma n de r in lead such a program, having ac­ mansk to Recife and from Attu dren are a year or a year and a charge o1 the flight school. quired wide experience in the field to Noumea, our warships, unlike half old. In the Swiss militia it In 1926, he served aboard the of sports during his attendance at the merchant marine ships might is a part of the policy to give a man U.S.S. Maryland as senior aviator. Catholic University in Washington, not go alongside a dock in the a battle-station in some part of the In 1928 he was assigned to the D.C., and during the time he played lfnited States for 12 or 18 months mountainous terrain where he can Naval Air Station, San Diego, as center for the Brooklyn Dodgers in at a time. The result among many look behind him, or down into an Structural and Engineer Officer. the National professional football of these warships' crew-members adjacent valley, to see his own farm As Commanding Officer of Scout­ league. is a constant dissatisfaction which with his wife and children moving ing Squadron 6, Captain Sprague -o--- expresses itself thus: "We're not about the premises. There would returned to sea duty in 1931. In New York (CNS)-Apprentice doing anything, let's go state-side." be no morale problem in such a 1932 he became commander of the Seaman Geneviere Sullivan, sister There is an old saying about a ser­ militia man's mind. He can see Cruiser Wing with additional duty of the five Sullivan brothers who vice man not being happy unless what he is fighting for. But any on the staff of Rear Admiral lost their lives when the cruiser he can gripe. Griping is a good American who uses his intelligence William H . Standley, then Com­ Juneau was sunk in the Pacific, safety-valve, but when a man is can see the distinct advantage to mander Cruisers U. S. Fleet. is completing her basic training at obsessed with going back to the himself and his family of fighting A two year period, beginning the WAVES school here. states he can defeat every other out on our far-flung frontiers. The in 1931, at the Navy yard, Phila­ effort to make him contented and farther the better! delphia, as Superintendent of the In 1941, Captain Sprague placed healthy. Whatever the cause of your own Aeronautical Engineering Labora­ the U .S.S. Pocomoke in commis­ Aboard this ship you will find boredom you are in the Navy to tory was followed by his reporting sion as Commanding Officer. The an athletic program that only the fight and fight you will. The time to the U.S.S. Saratoga in 1936 as Pocomoke was the first of the size of the hangar deck of a fiat-top will come soon enough. And in assistant air officer. Shortly after­ large seaplane tenders converted will allow. In charge of the pro­ those first few minutes after Gen­ wards, he became air officer in the from a c-3 class hull. During hi'> gram will be Lieut. Ambrose, for­ eral Quarters is sounded-before same vessel. tour of duty in the P ocomoke, he merly with the Brooklyn Dodgers you engage the enemy-you'd set­ In 1936, Captain Sprague re­ was promoted to the rank of professional football team. To an t le for peace-time maneuvers in a ported to the U.S.S. Langley as Captain. old "tin can" or "battle wagon" minute. That will pass if you have navigator. Captain Sprague placed the U. suilor it will be quite an innovation occupied yourself with your job to Returning to Pensacola for the S. S. Charger in commission as to have volleyball, basketball, bad­ the extent that in battle you can third time, he assumed duties as Commanding Officer in 1941. minton, and rowing machines for concentrate o'n doing a good job Superintendent of Aviation Train­ Having served in the first World exercising underway. Exercise in to the e x c l u s i o n of all other ing in 1937. During this period he War, Captain Sprague holds the port has never been a problem, but thought. Until that time comes was promoted to the rank of Com­ World War victory medal, as well underway it oftens happens that pick out the cause of your own per­ mander. as the American Defense medal watch and watch, or watch in three, sonal boredom and fight it, with In 1940, he reported to the U. and the Ame.rican Theatl"e of Oper­ plus the combination of Navy chow good health and good thoughts. S. S. Ranger as Executive Officer. ations medal. THE INTR E PID P AGE 3 ALL HANDS TO HAVE ST OP PASSING THE BUCK MEN WILL WEAR GREY, RECOGNITION TRAINING COMDR. GAINES REPORTS One way to increase production, FROM COMBAT AREA DECLARES 'OUR NAVY' During the first months of the And yet keep our money sound war in the Pacific it became appar­ Is to realize what we're doing, Commander R. K. Gaines report,; Enlisted men as well as officers ent t o all concerned that the prob­ And not pass t he buck around. will soon be wearing slate-greJ' lem of aircraft recognition would If we settle down and do our work, to the U.S.S. Intrepid as E xecu­ color u niforms, according t0 an be one of the factors leading to And don't j ust wait for the gong, t ive Officer following an active article in the mid-J uly issue of ultimate victory or defeat in any We would g et a lot more accom- tour of duty in the combat area. " Our Navy" magazine. plished specific engagement. It was not As Commander of the E nter­ In the near future, according to only imperative that pilots know By not passing t he buck along. prise a ir grou p, he contributed the magazine, enlisted men's sea­ our own as well as the enemy's Don't stand by and envy others: bags will include two grey j umpers, planes, but also it was necessary Get down to laboring and pound. materially to the many successful three pair of grey pants, and one for our surface gunners to be able Do your own work without whim- engagements with the enemy par­ white jumper and one pair of to distinguish friend from foe. pering titipated in by tha t vessel. white pants. Grey hats will also At that time the method of iden­ Stop passing the buck around. After graduating from the Naval replace conventional white. tification in use by the Navy was The boys in the front -line trenches Academy at Annapolis in 1925, The magazine stat ed that "other commonly known as the "WEFT" Gain on their hard-fought ground; Commander Gaines reported for changes are in the wind." system, a system whereby the ob­ They don't wait for someone to duty in the U.S.S. New York. do it, T hese changes, the magazine de­ server analyzed the component From 1927 to 1928 he attended They don't pass the buck around! dared, are " not drastic," adding pa rts of the plane, i.e., wings, en­ the flight training school at Pensa­ Do you realize what could happen, that "they will not satisfy t hose of gines, fuselage, and tail. This led cola, Florida. to the use of analysis sheets on If we should lose to that hound? you who have clamored for the Upon completion of flight train­ which all the possible combinations We would be slaving for someone coat, white shirt and t ie as the ing he was assigned to duty with of parts were list ed and on which else dress uniform of all P .O.'s." Fighting Squadron Three in t he U. the observer based his identifica­ Where we couldn't pass the buck "Our Navy" pointed out that S. S. Lexington. This tour oi duty tion. By t his time the plane travel­ around. there is a growing insistence of lasted for two years. many Navy m en that something ing at upwards of 250 knots would Now if you cherish your f reedom, I n 1932 he returned to Pensa­ should be done to alter pocketless have already completed its mission Where liberty and peace abound, cola as combat instructor. dress blues. of destruction. 'This led many gun­ Do all the work assig ned you, Stop passing the buck around! During the later m onths of 1932 While admitting that its story ners into the habit of fir ing before - Harry E . Edwards and early months of 1933, Com­ on the uniform change was not the plane was identified, causing ---0--- mander Gaines was assigned to complete the magazine said it was our own pilots no end of trouble. Fighting Squadron One. written "with the cooperation of On March 15, 1942, the Presi­ ASS'T. SEC. OF NAVY FOR the Bureau of Naval Personnel.'' dent, having conferred with our A IR WILL AWARD CREW From 1933 to 1934 he served in (Continu ed from P age 1) --- 0--- Army a nd Navy leaders, attempt­ Observation Squadron One aboard ed to provide a new method of and made a prisoner of war. lhe U.S.S. Arkansas. 'l'WO YANKS CAPTURE He was released after the Armis­ aircr aft recognition. The new Leaving the Arkansas he re­ 40 ITALIANS IN SICILY tice was signed and returned to the m ethod was based on t he use of ported to P a trol Squadron F ive a t models. T o obtain the necessar y United States where he resigned Sicily (CNS)- Two American Coco Solo, C. Z. and served with equipment, the Department of Ed­ from the service. paratroopers captured 40 Italian that squadron u ntil 1936. ucation asked the school children Secret ary Gates was awarded the soldiers, including a captain and Distinguished Service Medal with I n 1939 he was assigned t o duty of America to build 500,000 model in connection with the commission­ three sergeants, during early land­ airplanes. The plans for these the following citation: "For excep­ ing and fitting out of the first York­ ing operations in Sicily. planes were drawn up by the Bur­ tionally meritorious service in a town a nd duty on board when com ­ The Americans, Sgt. Ronald Sny­ eau of A eronautics, who offered duty of gr eat responsibility in go­ missioned in the air department. der, Philadelphia, and Pvt. Michael honorary commissions to the build­ ing to the assistance of a wrecked Zolvick, New York, became sep­ ers up to and including the rank British aeroplane on August 23, During the years 1939 to 1940, arated from the other paratroop­ of Captain. 1918. Although it was known that Commander Gaines reported to the ers in their group and lay all day staff of Vice Admiral William F . Certain limitat ions were appar­ the wreck was nea r the enemy in a trench near an Italian gar­ coast a nd that he was in danger of Halsey, t hen Commander, Aircraft, ent soon after t he planes began Battle Force. rison. ·,1 pouring into the various t raining being attacked, this officer pro­ At dawn they saw three Italian centers. Before these objections ceeded to the rescue wit hout g un As Commanding Officer, he re·· soldiers walking toward them. Sny­ could be ironed out, Dr. W. R. layers or other m eans of def ense ported to the Naval Reserve Avia­ der jumped out of the trench and Ranshaw, H ead of t he Department in order to save weight, making it tion Base at Chicago in 1940. pointed his tommy-gun at the Ital­ of Optical Psyc hology at Ohio possible to pick up and transport In 1942, Commander Gaines as­ ians. T h e y surrendered. After State University, offered the Allies the officers of the wrecked plane, sumed command of Carrier Re­ t hat another batch of Italians came a n ew system of aircraft recogni­ which work was successfully ac­ placement Squadron 10 which later a long every ten minutes. Snyder tion. Dr. Renshaw's system was complished ir. spite of many diffi­ became the Enterprise a ir grou p. a nd Zolvick captured t hem all. In based on the principle of redinteg­ cult ies and dangers." For the Commander G a ines holds the a couple of hours they had 40 of ration. above exploit, Secretary Gates also American Def ense medal, the Paci­ them. The Navy Department has de­ was awarded the Distinguished Fly­ fic Theatre of Operations medal, cided that ultimately every m an ing Cross by the British. the American Theatre of Opera ­ N.o rth Africa ( C NS) - An MP in the Navy will complete the He was nominated by President tions medal, the Presidental u nit stopped a WAC sergeant when she course in aircraft recognition. Roosevelt for appointment as As­ citation for duty in the U.S.S. failed to salute a group of second sist ant Secretary of the Navy f or Enterprise and a commendat ion lieutenants. In the U.S.S. Intrepid, a pro­ Air Aug ust 28, 1941. The a ppoint­ from A dmiral Halsey for action in ""Would you have saluted," she gram, consistant with the desires ment was confirmed September 3, the Solomons area. asked, "If they called you 'Toots'?" of t he Navy Department, will be carried out to the fullest extent. 1941, and Secretary Gates took t he --- 0 ------0--- oath of office September 5, 1941. "So you m et your wife at a - - - 0 - - - Sampson, N . Y. ( CNS)- Know dance; wasn't that roma ntic?" "Have a good time at the par-ty, Rola nd Van H arrington, Syra­ Khat Herbert Ma ilman does at th e "No embarrassing. I thought she daught er dear, and be a good g irl.'' cuse, is leading the International Sampson Naval Base ? That's r ight, was home taking care of the kids.'' " Make up your mind, mother!'' in stolen bases. he works in the Station post office. PAGE 4 THE INTREPID NTSNV-4719-8-13-43-700. WHAT WOMEN THINK FIRST INTREPID EARNED NAME IN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THEIR MEN ENGAGEMENTS AGAINST ENEMY JS ~ELL EQUIPPED (Continued from Page 1) Men are what women marry. The attack is over. Screams of the wounded r esound throughout They have two hands, two feet, At eight o'clock on September 4th, the INTREPID, with two boats the darkened, ruptured compart­ and sometime two wives, but never towing astern for the escape of her crew, was accompanied in as far as ments. Flames lick at the bulk­ more than one dollar or one idea the rocks off the western entrance by the ARGUS, VIXEN and NAUTI­ heads and dart from the overhead. at one time. Like Turkish cigar­ LUS. After leaving her consorts, close watch was kept upon. the IN­ In the dim shadows, white-clad figures glide toward the wounded. ett~s they are all made of the same TREPID by the crews of these vessels, and the last seen of her she Stitches are taken; bandages are was standing into the harbor about a musket shot from the mole. Then material; the only difference is fastened; the dead are removed. some are better disguised than the darkness shut her in, but soon after the batteries began firing in all The medical department is at wo>rk. others. directions. This was shortly followed by a vivid flash and a tremendous The medical department is re­ Generally speaking, they may be explosion, which was heard and felt by the ships outside-this was the sponsible for the health of the divided into three classes: hus­ last to be known of the INTREPID. crew, for the care and treatment. of the sick and wounded and as bands, bachelors and widowers. A This disasterous affair was virtually the end of the war. Preble bachelor is a neglibile mass of far as possible for the prevention returned home. On his arrival in the United States, he was greeted obstinacy entirely surrounded by and control of disease. It shall be, susp1c1on. Husbands are three with the liveliest acknowledgements of a grateful nation. Congress at all times, prepared for any types: prizes, surprises and con­ voted him their thanks for his signal services to his country, and re­ emergency. solation prizes. Making a husband quested the President to bestow on him a emblematic gold medal. Com­ General duties of the medical out of a man is one of the highest modore Preble was the first officer who received the thanks of the citi­ department are as set forth by forms of plastic art known to zens of the United States, by their Representatives and Senators in the U. S. Navy regulations, 1941 civilization. It requires science, Congress assembled, since the adoption of the federal constitution, and printing- articles 1132 to 1183 sculpture, common sense, faith, the present form of government. inclusive. All hospital corpsmen hope and charity. Mostly charity. Among other testimonies to his well earned fame Sir Alexander will be instructed by medical offi­ It is a psychological marvel that Ball, a distinguished Admiral in the British Navy, addressed him in cers in both practical and theoret­ a small, tender, soft, violet-scented the following terms, on his quitting a command rendered memorable ical work of their ratings. Per­ thing should enjoy kissing a big, by numerous feats of heroism and ability: sonnel assigned as stretcher bear­ ers will be given intensive training awkward, stubb-chinned, tobacco "I beg leave to repeat my congratulations, on the services you have and shall be required to demon­ and bay-rum scented thing like a rendered your country, and the hair-breath escapes you have had in strate intelligent knowledge and man. If you flatter a man you setting so distinguished an example to your countrymen, whose bravery practical application of first aid frighten him to death. If you don't and enterprise cannot fail to mark the character of a great and rising measures. Instructions in personal you bore him to death. If you per­ nation, in a manner that will ultimately be attended with the best and hygiene and first aid shall be given m it him to make love to you he most important consequences to your country." gets tired of you in the end, and to all personnel as the Command­ if you don't he gets tired of you The Pope made a public declaration that " The United States though ing Officer may direct. in their infancy, had, in this affair done more to humble the Anti-Chris­ in the beginning. Sick call will be held twice daily tian barbarians on that coast, than all the European States had done If you believe him in everything, at 0830 and 1900. Officers and for a long series of time." you cease to charm him. If you men requiring medical attention believe all he tells you, he thinks At the 'Naval Academy at Annapolis (originally erected in Wash­ between taps and reveille should you are a fool; if you don't he ington) stands a fine monument, in memory of those who lost their make known this fact to t he night thinks your are a cynic. lives before Tripoli. The names of the officers in whose memory the duty corpsman who will sleep in If you wear gay colors, rouge monument was erected and which appear on it are: James Decatur, Henry the first bunk in the sick bay ward. and a startling hat, he hesitates to Wadsworth, Richard Somers, James R. Caldwell, John S. Dorsey and A medical officer will be on duty take you out, but if you wear a Joseph Israel. · in the sick bay space at all times. little brown beret and a tailor­ The second INTREPID was built· at Boston, commissioned in 1874, The sick bay space is located aft made suit, he takes you out and brig rigged and iron hull, 170 feet 3'-h inches in length, 35 foot beam, on the third deck. It consist>: of stares all evening at a woman in 11 feet depth, steam torpedo ram, 438 tons. From August 3 to October a clerical office, medical officer's gay colors, rouge and a startling 30, 1874, she cruised along north Atlantic trying her torpedoes. From office, surgical dressing room , phar­ hat. 1875 to 1882 she was in commission at New York Navy Yard. From macy, laboratory, x-ray room, oper­ If you join in the gaieties and 1883 to 1889 she was undergoing repairs and alterations at that yard. ating room, aviation examining approve of his drinking he swears She was stricken from the Navy list and sold in 1892. room, dental office and a 38 bed you are driving him to the devil. The third INTREPID was built at Mare Island in 1904 by the U. S. ward. The sick bay spaces are If you don't approve of his drink­ Navy. She was a steel vessel, bark-rigged, and was designed and used equipped to handle any case which ing and urge him to give up his as a training vessel. She was stationed at Yuerba Buena, California. may arise. gaieties, he vows you are a snob She was sold December 30, 1921. 'The operating suite consists of and a "nice." The fourth INTREPID is an air;cr~ft carrier. She was launched two rooms, the first of which is If you are the clinging vine type, April 26, 1943, at the Newport· News Shipyard and was the first major the sterilization and scrub room in he doubts whether you have a warship to be constructed at that yard in a graving dock. Her keel was which all surgical goods and equip­ brain; if you are a modern, ad­ laid December 1, 1941 . .. ment are sterilized. The room is vanced, intelligent woman, he equipped with a large steam auto­ Mrs. John Howard Hoover, wife of Vice Admiral Hoover, was the doubts whether you have a heart. clave and several small electric sponsor and used the ttaditional champagne in christening the ship. If you are silly, he longs for a sterilizers. The operating room bright mate; if you are brilliant The INTREPID is a sister ship of the ESSEX and the YORKTOWN proper is a completely outfitted and intelligent, he longs for a play­ also built at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. surgical unit and is capable of mate. When commissioned, the INTREPID under the command of Cap­ handling any case of minor or Man is just a worm in me dust. tain Thomas L. Sprague, USN, will take her place as another important major surgery. He comes along, wriggles .around addition to the Navy's mighty fleet. It is the fervent wish of the officers It is the ultimate mission of the for awhile, and finally some chick­ and men who take her to sea that she may again perform "the most medical department to keep as en gets him. bold and daring act of the age" and will add new lustre to the name many men at as many guns as -Author Unknown INTREPID in the annals of the United States Navy. much as possible.