The USS Intrepid was an aircraft carrier launched in 1943 that served in World War 2 and the Vietnam War. It fought in major battles like Leyte Gulf where it destroyed over 600 enemy aircraft and sank 2 Japanese battleships. It was damaged multiple times by enemy fire and kamikaze attacks. After being decommissioned in 1974, it became a museum ship hosted in New York City where over 750,000 people have visited to learn about its missions and history.