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| | SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- USS Intrepid military museum to leave NYC pier on Hudson River for 2-year ... |
 | | The Intrepid's departure will begin with pomp and ceremony, including speeches, patriotic music, a Navy flyover and a parade of “honor ships,” Bill White, president of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, said Thursday. |
 | | Intrepid has become a top New York City tourist magnet, drawing 700,000 visitors a year in a city where military and naval traditions are all but invisible except during the annual Fleet Week observance. |
 | | The Intrepid was one of 24 Essex-class carriers, the Navy's “fast carrier force,” in sea and air battles against Japan. |
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