Breaking from my usual taken-in-the-last-24-hours photo of the day, I give you a photo of the Intrepid I took a few weeks ago. Yesterday, the 900-foot-long aircraft carrier turned floating museum slipped away from NYC's pier 86 for the first time in 24 years. It's headed for dry dock in New Jersey for two years of refurbishment. The Intrepid took part in numerous Pacific battles during WWII, including the Battle of Leyte in the Philippines, where it survived numerous torpedo and kamikaze attacks. The Battle of Leyte was a huge, desicive battle that ended with the Japanese Navy basically being completely destroyed. Fighting "alongside" the Intrepid at Leyte I'm proud to say was my grandfather, Russell Watts, who battled it out on the land as part of the 96th Infantry Division, also known as the "Deadeyes."
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