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| Fanfare greets Intrepid upon return to Manhattan (CNN) |
| NEW YORK (AP) -- The World War II aircraft carrier Intrepid, powered by tugs and accompanied by a festive Hudson River traffic jam, was returned Thursday to the Manhattan pier where it has served for 24 years as a military and space museum. |
| 10/02/2008 |
| Westchester VIPs welcome Intrepid home (The Journal News) |
| NEW YORK - Maud Gaines Tarrant stood near Pier 86, gazing at the Hudson River, as she waited yesterday for the World War II aircraft carrier Intrepid to return to its home berth after undergoing extensive repairs for the past two years. |
| 10/02/2008 |
| U.S.S. Intrepid Begins Trip Home (FOX 5 New York) |
| New York -- Hooked up to four powerful tugboats, the WorldWar II aircraft carrier Intrepid began what could be its final cruise on Thursday-- a return to the Manhattan pier where it has served for 24 years as a military and space museum. Lines were cast off at a Staten Island naval pier shortly after11 a.m., freeing the ship for the five-mile trek up New York Harborand the Hudson River. |
| 10/02/2008 |
| Museum ship Intrepid heads back to Manhattan pier (INO News) |
| (AP:NEW YORK) Hooked up to four powerful tugboats, the World War II aircraft carrier Intrepid began what could be its final cruise on Thursday _ a return to the Manhattan pier where it has served for 24 years as a military and space museum. |
| 10/02/2008 |
| USS Intrepid Begins Trip Home (FOX 5 New York) |
| Hooked up to four powerful tugboats, the World War II aircraft carrier Intrepid began what could be its final cruise on Thursday-- a return to the Manhattan pier where it has served for 24 years as a military and space museum. Lines were cast off at a Staten Island naval pier shortly after 11 a.m., freeing the ship for the five-mile trek up New York Harbor and the Hudson River. |
| 10/02/2008 |
| Museum ship prepares to return to Manhattan pier (phillyburbs.com) |
| NEW YORK - In the Navy a ship leaving port is said to be "haze gray and under way," but as the Intrepid has no power plant of its own, the famed floating museum will depart Staten Island on Thursday under tow by the same four tugboats that brought it to a shipyard for overhaul 22 months ago. |
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