USS Independence (CV-62)
United States Navy aircraft carrier (1959–1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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26.1034852°N 97.1689342°W / 26.1034852; -97.1689342
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United States | |
Name | Independence |
Namesake | Independence[1] |
Ordered | 2 July 1954 |
Builder | New York Navy Yard |
Cost | $182.3 million[2] |
Laid down | 1 July 1955 |
Launched | 6 June 1958 |
Commissioned | 10 January 1959 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1998 |
Reclassified | CV-62, 28 February 1973 |
Stricken | 8 March 2004 |
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Motto | Freedom's Flagship |
Fate | Scrapped |
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General characteristics [3] | |
Class and type | Forrestal-class aircraft carrier |
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Length | 1,070 ft (326.1 m) |
Beam |
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Draft | 37 ft (11.3 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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The fifth USS Independence (CV/CVA-62) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was the fourth and final member of the Forrestal class of conventionally powered supercarriers. She entered service in 1959, with much of her early years spent in the Mediterranean Fleet.
Independence was decommissioned in 1998 after 39 years of active service. Stored in recent years at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, the ex-Independence was towed beginning on 10 March 2017 to Brownsville, Texas for scrapping. She arrived on 1 June 2017 and dismantling was completed by early 2019.