--- title: Intrepid Vets Re-Visit the Carrier for 75th Anniversary description: Veterans re-boarded the USS Intrepid—now The Intrepid Air and Space Museum—for the 75th anniversary celebration of the day the ship was commissioned canonical: https://time.com/5371843/intrepid-75-anniversary/ author: Jeffrey Kluger article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-20T18:23:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T12:36:26.127Z article:section: History og:title: Hundreds of Veterans Re-Visit the Intrepid for Aircraft Carrier's 75th Anniversary og:description: More than 300 former crew members were in attendance at the 75th birthday celebration og:url: https://time.com/5371843/intrepid-75-anniversary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3cd43ec2d661ef18/69893821929fadc97ebf159e/intrepid-anniversary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1920 og:image:height: 1080 og:image:alt: intrepid-anniversary og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hundreds of Veterans Re-Visit the Intrepid for Aircraft Carrier's 75th Anniversary twitter:description: More than 300 former crew members were in attendance at the 75th birthday celebration twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3cd43ec2d661ef18/69893821929fadc97ebf159e/intrepid-anniversary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hundreds of Veterans Re-Visit the Intrepid for Aircraft Carrier's 75th Anniversary > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [Jeffrey Kluger](https://time.com/author/jeffrey-kluger/), [Lauren Bogholtz](https://time.com/author/lauren-bogholtz/), [Brian Braganza](https://time.com/author/brian-braganza/) and [Anne Most](https://time.com/author/anne-most/) Aug 20, 2018 6:23 PM UTC  The Intrepid is docked off the West Side on Manhattan during its 75th anniversary. The Intrepid is docked off the West Side on Manhattan during its 75th anniversary. TIME by [Jeffrey Kluger](https://time.com/author/jeffrey-kluger/), [Lauren Bogholtz](https://time.com/author/lauren-bogholtz/), [Brian Braganza](https://time.com/author/brian-braganza/) and [Anne Most](https://time.com/author/anne-most/) Aug 20, 2018 6:23 PM UTC It’s hard to know exactly what went through the mind of a 17-year old boy when he boarded an aircraft carrier in 1943, a raw recruit preparing to steam off to war as just one of a crew of 3,500\. But on August 16, 2018, it was possible to get an idea, when some of those same men re-boarded the USS Intrepid—now The Intrepid Air and Space Museum—docked on the west side of Manhattan, for the 75th anniversary celebration of the day the ship was commissioned. The Intrepid was in service for 31 years, until 1974, and in that time saw action in World War II, the Cold War and the Vietnam war. It fought in the [Battle of Leyte Gulf](http://time.com/3532385/battle-of-leyte-gulf/) and in [Okinawa](http://time.com/3918248/okinawa-ended-1945-history/) and was struck by kamikaze planes; it was part of the U.S. Navy force deployed in the Caribbean during [the Cuban Missile Crisis](http://time.com/4091355/video-cuban-missile-crisis/) in 1962; and it was the prime recovery ship during the U.S.-Soviet space race, picking up Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter after he splashed down in the Caribbean in 1962, and Gemini 3 astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young in 1965. The ship has been weathered over the decades and the men, surely, have too. Still, more than 300 former crew members from all of the Intrepid’s eras were in attendance at the 75th birthday celebration. Among those who spoke with TIME were Ed Coyne and Ralph Forquer, both veterans of the ship’s very first crew in 1943; and John Olivera, who served on the Intrepid during the Carpenter splash down. 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