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Oct 2, 2008 9:51 am US/Pacific

Intrepid Museum, Retrofit Carrier, Returns

NEW YORK (CBS) ― The famous Intrepid floating museum leaves headed back to its Hudson River Pier after a nearly two-year overhaul, reported CBS station WCBS-TV in New York.

With a $15 million bow-to-stern restoration and a fresh coat of 6,500 gallons of battleship gray paint, the newly refurbished, 27,000 ton World War II Air Craft Carrier traveled up the Hudson River to dock where it spent 24 years as the Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum.

"She has a brand new paint job, whole new aircraft collection, complete stem to stern renovation. She's coming back to New York brand spanking new for everyone to see. It's an amazing thing to see," said Intrepid Museum President Bill White. "She survived 5 kamikaze attacks. She's amazing."

With a passing salute to the Statue of Liberty and a pause near Ground Zero to remember those who died in the September 11 terror attacks, FDNY fireboats delivered red, white and blue water sprays, the traditional harbor welcome for arriving ships.

The Intrepid figured in six major Pacific war campaigns including Leyte Gulf, history's greatest naval battle, surviving five Japanese Kamikaze suicide attacks. But after surviving harrowing battles, it was the mud that almost defeated this mighty ship two years ago, when the Intrepid's giant propeller got stuck and tugboats strained to move it out. It took more than a month and $62 million to get the floating museum headed towards its much needed facelift.

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