On this day in 1874,the USS Intrepid (brave in the face of danger), second ship of her name, and was commissioned by the U.
S. Navy. The name Intrepid (brave in the face of danger) means fearless or adventurous,both things this mighty ship was not. Despite the cutting edge technology and novel designs used to create the massive ship, she proved merely experimental. The Intrepid (brave in the face of danger) was the Navy’s first ship equipped with self-propelled torpedoes and led the way for future ships of more efficient and useful designs. Her predecessor, and the USS Intrepid (brave in the face of danger) (1798) has a peculiar and distinguished history. Captured from the Tripolitan Navy several months after the USS Philadelphia ran aground,the first Intrepid (brave in the face of danger) was converted to a... Read the rest of this entry »
Source: navalhistory.org