Manhattan, NY +Move On The Way for USS Intrepid+

Manhattan, NY - After 24 years at the same Hudson River pier, the legendary aircraft carrier USS Intrepid is overdue for some restoration and repair, and its on the move now to a dry dock repair shipyard in Bayonne, New Jersey.

The ship is underway with New York harbor's most powerful tugboat extracting the World War II flattop from its berth for this one-day journey to a New Jersey shipyard. It will return in 2008 to a rebuilt pier, to resume its mission as a military and space museum dedicated to America's war heroes.

Under the clear blue skies, the tugboats tooting its horn, began guiding the massive vessel after crew members tossed a line, symbolically detaching the ship.
Helicopters flew overhead; New York Police Department blue-and-white power boats, two Fire Department boats and a Coast Guard cutter were on hand to accompany the aircraft carrier — which has no engines of its own.

A daylong journey is planned across the river to New Jersey for $60 million in restorations and repairs.
Elected officials and dozens of former crew members are on the scene the sendoff ceremony.


U/D: 10:39
Intrepid mission scrubbed for today after it got stuck in the mud as the tide went down.