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USS Intrepid
Four United States Navy ships have been named USS Intrepid, signifying a willingness to go into danger to achieve the goal.
- The first Intrepid[?] was an armed ketch originally built by France, sold to Tripoli as Mastico, and captured by the US in 1803.
- The second Intrepid[?] was an experimental steam torpedo ram commissioned 1874.
- The third Intrepid[?] was a training and receiving ship[?] launched in 1904.
- The fourth Intrepid (CV-11) was an aircraft carrier in World War II, later recovered the astronauts of Gemini 1[?], and as of 2003 is a museum ship.
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