It survived five kamikaze attacks in WWII but the USS Intrepid couldn’t get free of the Hudson River mud it’s been sitting in for 24 years on Manhattan’s West Side. The move downriver to a dry dock for an overhaul was planned to coincide with an “unusually high tide” on Monday but six tugboats, led by the Christine McAllister, only made 15 feet of headway. 600 tons of water had been removed from Intrepid’s ballast tanks and 15,000 cubic yards of mud had been dredged to help clear the way (at a cost of $1.2 million). Former NYC Mayors Edward Koch and David Dinkins cast off the mooring lines. It appears Intrepid is comfortable right where she is at the moment. The renovation of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum will have to wait. (NY Times, NY Times, AP)