Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum is a museum in New York City located at Pier 86 on the West Side of Manhattan. The museum showcases the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, the submarine USS Growler, and a Concorde supersonic airplane.

It is located in a tourist area, next to a cruise ship terminal, the Circle Line pier, and near the New York consulate of the People’s Republic of China and a heliport. The Intrepid is also host to OSO Manhattan, a USMC recruiting station.

The museum serves as a hub for the annual Fleet Week events. Visiting warships dock at the cruise ship terminals to the north, and events are held on the museum grounds and the deck of the Intrepid.

In September 2001, the Intrepid served as temporary field headquarters for the FBI as it began its investigation of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks. On October 1st 2006, the Intrepid closed for repairs and renovations. It will reopen in 2008.Contents [hide]

History

The museum opened in 1982 after Zachary Fisher succeeded in saving the Intrepid from being broken up in 1974, and after Fisher docked the ship at Pier 86. The Intrepid became a national historic landmark in 1986.

Major Acquisitions
USS Growler (1989), a diesel electric submarine which carried out nuclear deterrent patrols armed with Regulus missiles.
USS Edson (1989), a Forrest Sherman class destroyer replaced by a supersonic Concorde airliner in 2004.
British Airways Concorde G-BOAD (2004), on display on a barge at the museum.
USCGC Tamaroa (WAT/WMEC-166), a former Navy tug-turned-cutter which was released by the Interpid museum and is now a museum ship in Baltimore.
The “Intrepid” houses a large collection of aircraft ranging from an A-12 “Oxcart” to a British Royal Navy “Supermarine Scimitar”.