Heart of Intrepid
It is true that INTREPID carried powerful planes, guns, rockets, impressive power plants
and the latest electronic equipment. But the real driving force was her men.
Not just men placed aboard a confined space to do a job, but men whose hearts and minds
beat with the same purpose - "peace on earth, good will to men."
Without that harmony, sense of humor, and human understanding,
INTREPID would have been merely a collection of nuts and bolts, steel plates and cable.
However INTREPID lived and breathe.
At sea and in port, her men transmitted that wonderful feeling
that within her enormous steel hull beat an equally enormous but tender heart.
Heart of Intrepid