The Intrepid Museum has expanded its permanent collection with the addition of City at Sea: USS Intrepid, a new exhibition made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence.

City at Sea: USS Intrepid explores life and work on board an aircraft carrier within the very spaces where crew members lived and worked. Intrepid, which served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 through 1974, supported a crew of 3,000 sailors, aviators and marines. The exhibition focuses on the experiences and perspectives of these men, who served during World War II, the Cold War and the Vietnam War. Through training and tradition, the ship’s crew members formed a community that was responsible for operating a complex piece of technology: an aircraft carrier.

City at Sea includes interactive video stations in several areas of the ship, including the combat information center, fo’c’sle, officer berthing and mess deck. The stations feature video interviews with former crew members, who talk about their experiences on Intrepid and reveal what it was like to serve on board an aircraft carrier in times of war and peace.

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