USS Intrepid

Four United States Navy ships have been named USS Intrepid, signifying a willingness to go into danger to achieve the goal.

• The first Intrepid was an armed ketch originally built by France, sold to Tripoli as Mastico, and captured by the US in 1803.

• The second Intrepid was an experimental steam torpedo ram commissioned 1874.

• The third Intrepid was a training and receiving ship launched in 1904.

• The fourth Intrepid (CV-11) was an aircraft carrier in World War II, later recovered the astronauts of Gemini 1, and as of 2003 is a museum ship.