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  1. Nov 8, 2006 · A team of six tugboats managed to drag the Intrepid only about 15 feet from the western edge of Midtown Manhattan before its propellers dug into the mud and halted all progress.

  2. Nov 7, 2006 · The USS Intrepid was to leave its dock on the West Side of Manhattan on Monday for the first time in 24 years, aided by an unusually high tide and five powerful tugboats.

  3. Nov 6, 2006 · After 24 years at the same Hudson River pier, the legendary aircraft carrier USS Intrepid was inched out of its berth by powerful tugboats on Monday — but the trip never got under way because it...

  4. Nov 6, 2006 · As six tugboats strained to move the behemoth, the Intrepid's giant propellers got stuck in the mud. It eventually began inching backward out of its berth — but moved only about 15 feet.

  5. Dec 5, 2006 · NEW YORK — Finally pulled free from the Hudson River bottom, the historic aircraft carrier USS Intrepid was on the move again Tuesday, passing majestically through New York Harbor, bound for a...

  6. Nov 7, 2006 · NEW YORK — The USS Intrepid, an aircraft carrier that survived World War II bombings and kamikaze attacks, got stuck in the mud in the Hudson River on Monday as tugboats tried to pull it from...

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  8. Intrepid made it all of 15 feet before its screws—its propellers —got stuck in the mud. The tide went out, the dignitaries went home.