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Thursday, April 16. 1987 i i DAILY NEWS oa jp)giir( By BARBARA CIPPMAN Daily News Staff Writer During World War II the aircraft carrier Intrepid fought in numerous naval battles and always managed to stay afloat despite occasional hits by torpedoes. But the carrier, now operated as a Sea-Air-Space Museum at Pier 86 on W. 46th St and 12th has been sitting in troubled waters since 'its foundation filed a bankruptcy petition for reorganization in July 198S. If it doesn't come up with an acceptable plan soon, the operation could sink.

Since opening as a museum in August 1982, the nonprofit foundation has been plagued by low attendance figures and operating costs exceeding its revenue and support As a result, more than $16 million is still owed to pay off various bonds and other unsecured debts. serves as one of the more important educational institutions for adults and children throughout the city. About 100,000 of its 400,000 yearly visitors are schoolchildren, who come aboard the 900-foot-long technological wonder to view the 15 different planes and helicopters that sit on the flight deck and pass through the five theme halls located on the hangar deck below, A training facility Included in the theme hall exhibits are vintage flying machines, space artifacts and a special effects theater showing a film on carrier aviation. In addition, the Intrepid houses the nation's first permanent hall dedicated to recipients of the Medal of Honor, the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force. The museum also serves as a training facility for students from an upper East Side vocational school.

The students put their various trade skills to work for two weeks each month, by helping to restore areas of the ship that may still be closed to the public. During World War II, the Intrepid earned the title "The Unlucky because of its numerous brushes with death. The carrier, which cost $44 I VI lXsSSl 'iTiit' Sea-Air-Space Museum inspects deck gun. meveK and feswdly eaironedl mm YOUNQ VISITOR aboard Intrepid million to build, was seriously damaged five times in its battles in the Pacific, and survived direct hits from Japanese torpedoes and kamikaze planes. More than 100 men were killed during the attacks and another 200 of its airmen were killed in action.

In the 1950s, the ship was completely modernized. It earned another place in history during the early 1960s when it participated In the Lugo got the win with help from Paul Rivera in the fifth, K-ing three in a row with two on and the Eagles up 7-5. STEVENSON 3, KENNEDY 0 Bernardo Nunez fired a two-hitter, fanning eight and walking four as the Ambassadors advanced. Dave Delgado had an RBI single in the first and Jason Torrellas singled in two in the second for the only runs. WASHINGTON 11, CO-LUMBUS Freshman Roberto Ceballos hurled a one-hitter as Wilfrey Cerda had 1 i Wail DAILY NEWS negotiated," said Scott Steinberg, an attorney representing the Intrepid.

He refused to speculate on how much longer it would take, but did say that any plan would be contingent upon getting the necessary money. "Everybody's hopeful that we can arrive at a plan that will allow the museum to continue to operate and remain viable," said Steinberg. Zeichner went 2-4, including a three-run homer with no outs in the bottom seventh to tie it at 5-5. Dean Esposito had a solo homer. Matt Espin-osa went 8 plus innings in relief for the win.

SCANLAN 3, TOLENTINE 2 Greg Pellechia hit a one-out single in the bottom of the seventh for the win. Mike Friedl tossed a two-hitter and whiffed six to get the decision. TILDEN 6, WINGATE 3 -Dave Dixon drove in two runs and Darren Johnson added two doubles to help Tim Layne get the win. LINCOLN 7, WAGNER 2 -Righty Mike Zimmerman fired a no-hitter, walked five and fanned six, with only one run earned, in the Railsplit-ters (13-2) nonleague win. He also singled and doubled to drive in three runs.

Louis Ramos was 3-3 with a pair of doubles and two RBI and Jim Rich was 2 3 with an RBI double. POLY PREP 5, RIVER-DALE 0 Jeff Egan clouted a first-inning grand slam and both Ken Haas and Tim McElhinney went 2-4. Righty Tony Leone tossed a three-hitter, whiffed three and walked one for the Blue recovery of astronauts from the Gemini and Mercury space programs. Toured in Vietnam And then, in 1966, the Intrepid was shipped off to Vietnam, where it served three tours of duty. Museum officials are hopeful that the floating foundation will be able to anchor itself in calm financial waters.

"A proposal is still being two triples and Alex Arias, a pair of singles. ROOSEVELT 7, EAST SYRACUSE 6 Frosh Juan Car los Rivera hurled a five-hit shutout with five Ks as Marcos Castillo and Martin Cuevas had two hits each. In nontourney action: McCLANCY 2, MOLLOY 1 Joe Janketic tripled to lead off the bottom of the seventh and came home on a single by Gene Zamora for the Crusaders' (3-1) win. Kevin Brennan knocked in their first run in the opening frame. Phil Per-nice tossed a three-hitter, fanned five and walked four for the win.

Chris Edwards took the loss on a four-hitter. CHRIST THE KING 11. ST. RAYMOND 2 John O'Han-lon was the winner as James Steffens (2 hits, 2 RBI), Ricky Kessler (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Anthony LaBarbara (3 RBI) led the attack. MT.

ST. MICHAEL 5, STE-PINAC 2 Frank Sorichet-ti's grand slam in the third erased a 2-0 deficit and Louis Padillo's (2-3) RBI single won it for Ray Cornish. Anthony Piccolino had the save. NAZARETH 8, BISHOP FORD 5 A one-out suicide squeeze bunt in the ninth gave the Kingsmen (2-1, 4-2) the -extra-inning win. Rob Target of thefts And earlier this month, it was revealed that at least "several hundred thousand a 1 1 I i extorted from the museum in labor racketeering by a Man- nauan gang Known as me Westies.

Despite its problems, the 43-year-old vessel, which was dedicated as a national historic landmark in 1986, By BILL TRA VERS and JACK KELLY Daily News Sports Writers It will be Roosevelt vs. Stevenson at Monroe tomorrow in one game and Kennedy against Monroe at Stevenson in the semifinals of the Mon-' roe Baseball tourney. Both games are listed for 11 a.m. starts. Roosevelt 3-1 in the tour-.

ney, earned its semis berth by nipping George Washington, 3-2, in the double elimination tourney. JFK edged Clinton, 9-8, to eliminate the Governors. Stevenson remained unbeaten by handing Monroe its first tourney loss, 7-5. Roosevelt's Marcos Castillo went the route and scattered eight hits while whiffing six and walking only two. 'Joel Romero led the Roughriders with three hits, including a double and one RBI.

Willie Martinez had two hits to drive in a run and Martin Cuevas added two hits. The loss eliminated Washington. Stevenson took advantage of five straight errors by Monroe in the first inning to score six times and go on to beat the Eagles, 7-5. The Ambassadors are 4-0 in the tourney, while Monroe is 3-1. Joe Salgado clouted a three-run homer in the first inning to put Stevenson up to stay.

Dave Delgado whiffed seven to get the win. Steve Seda belted a two-run homer for the Eagles, while Paul Rivera took the pitching loss. In earlier tourney games: MONROE 11, CLINTON 7 Leadoffman Steve Seda had a single, double and triple, soph CF Joe Perez was 3-4 with a two-run homer. Ray Uh-huh who's on first? Question: When is a forfeit not a forfeit? Answer: When it's in a tournament and the team that wins by forfeit is unable to advance so the team that forfeited moves on its place. Confused? So were we when Marty Weiss, PSAL girls softball commissioner and organizer of the New Utrecht Easter Softball Invitational, explained the New Dorp-Boys Girls quarterfinal situation.

What happened was this: New Dorp coach Earnestine Lannigan had to go to the hospital suddenly yesterday, leaving the team at school. When Weiss told Boys Girls coach George Vega that New Dorp would forfeit "George told me that they have a prior commitment for Thursday and that they couldn't play," Weiss will have to play New Dorp. provided Earnestine is okay or they have someone to fill in as coach." Diane Bruno.