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In 1997, Independence made a four-month deployment, covering several major exercises and seven ports of call. Included in these ports of call were two historic port visits. The first was 28 February 1997 to the island territory of Guam. Independence was the first aircraft carrier to pull into Guam in 36 years.
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
USS Independence (LCS-2) is the lead ship of the Independence-class of littoral combat ships. She is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence. The design was produced by the General Dynamics consortium for the Navy's LCS program, and competes with the Lockheed Martin–designed Freedom variant. [10]
The development and construction of Independence as of June 2009 was running at more than 3 times budget. The total projected cost for the ship is $704 million. The Navy had originally projected the cost at $220 million. [27] Independence began builder's trials in July 2009, three days behind schedule because of maintenance issues. [28]
The ship left Bremerton in 2005 for a global deployment and its new homeport in Virginia. 18 Jan 1997, Sat Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, ... Commissioned in 1959, the USS Independence (CVA 62) was the ...
Independence Carrier Battle Group (15 April 1992 – 13 October 1992) Source: [23] USS Independence CV-62; USS Gridley CG-21; USS Bunker Hill CG-52; USS Mobile Bay CG-53; USS Fife DD-991; USS Thach FFG-43; USS Vandegrift FFG-48; USS Independence replaced USS Midway as the forward deployed carrier of the United States 7th Fleet.
In April 1983, the IKE/CVW-7 team began another Mediterranean deployment that included the first 1,000-nautical-mile (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) over water night intercept for an F-14, multiple Carrier Battle Group operations with USS Independence and USS John F. Kennedy, and support of the Multi-national Peace Keeping Force in Beirut, Lebanon. [3]
Capt. Kurt Balagna, commanding officer of the Gold crew of the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726), addresses the wardroom during an operations brief on Jan. 21, 2021.