Intrepid served on occupation duty off Japan until December 1945 at which point it returned to San Francisco.  Arriving in February 1946, the carrier moved into reserve before being decommissioned on March 22, 1947.

           

             - 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.

 

     Transferred to Norfolk Naval Shipyard on April 9, 1952, Intrepid began an SCB-27C modernization program which altered its armament and updated the carrier to handle jet aircraft.

 

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

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

•        - April 9, 1952: She is decommissioned in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for her

•          SCB-27C modernization.

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     Re-commissioned on October 15, 1954, the carrier embarked on a shakedown cruise to Guantanamo Bay before deploying to the Mediterranean.

     Over the next seven years, it conducted routine peacetime operations in the Mediterranean and American waters. In 1961, Intrepid was redesignated as an anti-submarine carrier (CVS-11) and underwent a refit to accommodate this role early the following year.'m a paragraph.

 

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

•       - October 1, 1954: 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 1957: 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.