February 4, 1948: Intrepid shifted to San Francisco Bay.

August 15th: Her status was reduced to “In commission in reserve.”

March 22nd: Decommissioned and joins the Pacific Reserve Fleet.

February 9, 1952: Intrepid is re-commissioned at San Francisco.

March 12th: Intrepid gets underway for Norfolk, VA. 

April 9,  She is decommissioned in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for her SCB-27C modernization.

June 18, 1954: Intrepid is re-commissioned in reserve.

October 1,  Intrepid is reclassified CVA-11

October 15th: She went into full commission as a unit of the Atlantic Fleet.

1955: Shakedown out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

May 28th: Intrepid departed Mayport, FL, for the 1st of 2 deployments in the Mediterranean with the 6th Fleet.

September 5, 1956: She returned to Norfolk from her 2nd cruise.

September 29th: Intrepid entered New York Navy Yard for her SCB-125 modernization until April 1957, which included an enclosed bow and an angled flight deck. This was followed by refresher training out of Guantanamo Bay.

September 1957: She departed the U.S. for NATO’s Operation Strikeback, the largest peacetime naval exercise up to that time in history.

December, Operating out of Norfolk, VA she conducted Operation Crosswind, a study of the effects of wind on carrier launches. Intrepid proved that carriers can safely conduct flight operations without turning into the wind and even launch a/c while steaming downwind.

1958-1961: Intrepid alternated Mediterranean deployments with operations along the Atlantic coast of the U.S. and exercises in the Caribbean.