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No holiday gridlock here! A month after it refused to budge from Pier 86, the U.S.S. Intrepid has successfully been freed from the mud and is on its way to Bayonne, NJ for repairs. Six tugboats with over 30,000 horsepower helped the 27,000 ton vessel down the Hudson River. The Intrepid Foundation's president Bill White yelled, "This old baby is moving!" and other crewmembers reportedly cried. One man who served on the Intrepid during WWII told the AP, "It's like it used to be, only better. There's no bloodshed."
But there was a lot of sweat involved: The Navy and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers helped dig the the Intrepid out of the Hudson's silty mud in a multi-million effort. The mud that was removed has been taken to Staten Island for "environmental processing."
The Intrepid will be in Bayonne for at least a year and half for repairs. The city will be repairing Pier 86 in the meantime.
Photograph of the U.S.S. Intrepid making it's way down the Hudson to Bayonne, NJ (it's past the West Side railyards!) by Mark Lennihan/AP
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So there millions of Army Corp of Engineers helping out??
Where is the intrepid now? Is it past spring street?
at about 11:00am, the intrepid had just past the world financial center. but a few minutes later, i saw it double back (not sure if it was the bow or stern) and then proceed forward again. my assumption is it got stuck, was pulled back, and went forward again but with a slight diversion. just looked out the window and i'm not sure where the ship is now.
I love it when people pointing out grammatical mistakes make mistakes in their own comments.
that's only the weight of 77 subway cars
i'm not impressed :P
The average subway car weighs 40 tons, so the Intrepid weighs as much as about 675 of them.
U.S.S. Intrepid
displacement: 27,100 tons
length: 872 feet
beam: 93 feet; extreme width at flight deck: 147½ feet
draft: 28 feet 7 inches
speed: 33 knots
complement: 3,448 crew
armament: 12 five-inch guns, 68 40mm.guns
aircraft: 80+
class: Essex
Here's to having it back better and more fun than ever. Next to the AMNH, the Intrepid is the best city attraction to take kids, specially boys.
Spam, thanks for the info. I just have a question if anyone can answer. What is the "draft"? I understand all the other terms. Thanks!
draft: 28 feet 7 inches : relates to the depth that a ship or boat is under water. From the waterline/ surface of the water, to the bottom of the ship. May help explain why poor ol Intrepid was stuck in the mudd so bad....I dought the east river is more then 28 feet deep where she was docked....
So they finally freed the old boat huh . Take that shit prison !!!!!
Duh....
west river side.....
It is great to see her underway again althogh the timing sucks I am retireing and able to go visit the museum but now no for a year and a half.good luck