AIRCRAFT CARRIER INTREPID MOVES INTO DRY DOCK
Intrepid to undergo 60-90 days of restoration and refurbishment at Bayonne Dry Dock & Repair Corp.

[April 10th, 2007, Bayonne, NJ] The fabled aircraft carrier Intrepid will move to dry dock at Bayonne Dry Dock & Repair Corp. on the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor to begin the next phase of her refurbishment. The Intrepid will be tugged from her current berth in the Bayonne Ocean Terminal and arrive at the dry dock’s entrance at approximately noon. Intrepid will then be winched into the graving dock. Water will then be pumped out of the dry dock until the ship is resting on the blocks.

“We’re thrilled to see Intrepid moving into her next phase of refurbishment. She’s going to get quite a facelift here at Bayonne Dry Dock. When Intrepid leaves here, she is going to look brand new after being coated with 4,000 gallons of ‘battleship gray’ paint,” said Bill White, president of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

While in dry dock, the ship’s hull will be water blasted, primed and repainted. Intrepid’s flight deck will be repainted and relined. Additionally, steel on the ship’s hull and superstructure will be refurbished or replaced as needed.

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