A MEGA MOVERS SHOW

In a city of towering skyscrapers, she’s similar to a 75-story building lying on its side…

Re-airing Wednesday, September 12th at 11:00pm and Thursday September 13th at 3:00am ET/PT on The History Channel®

[NEW YORK, NY, JUNE 28, 2007] How do you move a museum that is the length of three football fields and weighs 40,000 tons down the Hudson River? The History Channel takes viewers aboard the revered USS Intrepid, one of the Navy’s legendary Essex-class “fast-carrier” ships, as she carries out her first mission in over twenty years: to become seaworthy one more time. INTREPID: ON THE MOVE premieres Thursday, July 5th at 11:00pm ET/PT and follows the massive move of this historical New York attraction from its New York West Side pier to a dry dock in Bayonne, New Jersey. With unprecedented access, this program captures all the behind-the-scenes challenges and massive headaches movers faced, including the now famous “stuck in the mud” ordeal and the ultimate freeing of the Intrepid with the assistance of the US Navy (NAVSEA) and Army Corps of Engineers.

Now a popular New York Museum, the USS Intrepid was originally commissioned for service in World War II. Afterwards, the Intrepid went on to serve as a recovery vessel for NASA and then saw major action in Vietnam. At age 64 and with 24 years at the same Hudson River pier, the World War II warship was ready to be moved for much needed dry docking and restoration – a task easier said than done.

While covering this move and the history of the Intrepid throughout the 20th century, INTREPID: ON THE MOVE also depicts the personal and emotional recollections of some of her former crewmembers. The journey of the Intrepid has only begun. In September 2008, the Intrepid will sail up the Hudson to return to her newly refurbished home, Pier 86 on New York City’s West Side. The museum will re-open in November 2008, once again allowing younger and older generations alike a glimpse of the mighty vessel’s remarkable and admirable past.