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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: 25 February 1943 24 October 1944 1 year, 242 days Sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 [11] CVL-24 Belleau Wood: Independence: 31 March 1943 13 January 1947 3 years, 288 days Scrapped in 1960 [11] CVL-25 Cowpens: Independence: 28 May 1943 13 January 1947 3 years, 230 days Scrapped in 1960 [11] CVL-26 Monterey: Independence: 17 ...
Gonzo Station was a U.S. Navy acronym for "Gulf of Oman Naval Zone of Operations" or "Gulf of Oman Northern Zone." [1] It was used to designate an area of carrier-based naval operations by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps in the Indian Ocean during the 1979–1981 Iranian Hostage Crisis and the "Tanker War" between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
USS Independence (CV-62) 19 November 1980 – 10 June 1981 Mediterranean/Indian Ocean: COMUSNAVEUR: USS Independence (CV-62) 7 June 1982 – 21 December 1982 Mediterranean U.S. Sixth Fleet: USS Independence (CV-62) 25 October 1983 – 2 November 1983 Operation Urgent Fury: U.S. Second Fleet: USS Independence (CV-62) 18 October 1983 – 11 April ...
USS Independence CV-62 at sea. ... An S-3B Viking VS-38 aboard the USS Constellation CV-64 during the deployment to the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean in 2001.
ISL has also dismantled the former USS Ranger (CV-61), which arrived here in July 2015, and the former USS Independence (CV-62), which came in June 2017. ISL received the former USS Kitty Hawk (CV ...
The answer developed was to end the deployment of entire wings en bloc. After considerable planning to cover the absence of a replacement for USS Independence (CV-62) and her air wing for six weeks, "the Chairman of the JCS directed Air Combat Command to deploy an Air Expeditionary Force to Bahrain not later than October 19, 1995, for a period ...
The Forrestal class was the first completed class of "supercarriers" of the Navy, so called because of their then-extraordinarily high tonnage (75,000 tons, 25% larger than the post-World War II-era Midway class), full integration of the angled deck, very large island, and most importantly their extremely strong air wing (80–100 jet aircraft, compared to 65–75 for the Midway class and ...