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==USS Independence== | ==USS Independence== | ||
US Navy. 10 gun sloop. Served in American War of Independence. | US Navy. 10 gun sloop. Served in American War of Independence. | ||
<!-- The first Independence was a | <!-- The first Independence was a Continental sloop built in Baltimore, Maryland, and purchased & fitted out by the Marine Committee. In September 1776 she cruised under Captain John Young along the Atlantic Coast to the Caribbean to guard American merchant trade in the West Indies. In mid-1777 she sailed for France, arriving at L'Orient in late September with important diplomatic dispatches. She captured two prizes en route and disposed of these in France before the Royal Navy could interfere. She was in Quiberon Bay 14 February 1778 when John Paul Jones in Ranger received the first national salute to the flag—first official recognition of the American Republic by a foreign power. The following morning, Jones embarked in Independence and again exchanged salutes. Independence soon sailed for the United States. She was wrecked on the bar 24 April 1778 while attempting to enter Okracoke Inlet, N.C. --> | ||
==[[wp:USS Independence (1814)|USS Independence]]== | ==[[wp:USS Independence (1814)|USS Independence]]== | ||
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==[[wp:USS Independence (CV-62)|USS Independence]] - CV-62== | ==[[wp:USS Independence (CV-62)|USS Independence]] - CV-62== | ||
:''"Freedom's Flagship"'' | :''"Freedom's Flagship"'' | ||
US Navy. | US Navy. 4th Navy ship & 2nd Aircraft Carrier to bear the name. Forrestal Class. Flew the [[wp:First Navy Jack|First Navy Jack]] as the oldest ship in the US Fleet for three years (1995-8) | ||
<!-- The second aircraft carrier Independence (CVA-62) was launched by New York Navy Yard June 6, 1958 and commissioned January 10, 1959. This ship had a conventional power source (meaning that it was not Nuclear Powered as several US ships were during this time period). This Independence served in two wars: The Vietnam War and the Gulf War. During the Vietnam War, she participated in the first major series of coordinated strikes against vital enemy supply lines north of the Hanoi-Haiphong complex, successfully evading the first massive surface-to-air missile barrage in aviation history while attacking assigned targets, and executing, with daring and precision, the first successful attack on an enemy surface-to-air missile installation. During the Gulf War she launched twenty Navy aircraft in the Persian Gulf that were the first coalition aircraft on station over Iraq as Operation Southern Watch began. Southern Watch was the enforcement of a ban on Iraqi warplanes and helicopters from flying south of the 32nd parallel. From June 30, 1995 until her decommissioning, the Independence was the oldest ship in the US Navy's active fleet. She was decommissioned September 30, 1998 in Bremerton Naval Shipyard, Washington. --> | <!-- The second aircraft carrier Independence (CVA-62) was launched by New York Navy Yard June 6, 1958 and commissioned January 10, 1959. This ship had a conventional power source (meaning that it was not Nuclear Powered as several US ships were during this time period). This Independence served in two wars: The Vietnam War and the Gulf War. During the Vietnam War, she participated in the first major series of coordinated strikes against vital enemy supply lines north of the Hanoi-Haiphong complex, successfully evading the first massive surface-to-air missile barrage in aviation history while attacking assigned targets, and executing, with daring and precision, the first successful attack on an enemy surface-to-air missile installation. During the Gulf War she launched twenty Navy aircraft in the Persian Gulf that were the first coalition aircraft on station over Iraq as Operation Southern Watch began. Southern Watch was the enforcement of a ban on Iraqi warplanes and helicopters from flying south of the 32nd parallel. From June 30, 1995 until her decommissioning, the Independence was the oldest ship in the US Navy's active fleet. She was decommissioned September 30, 1998 in Bremerton Naval Shipyard, Washington. --> | ||
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USS Independence
US Navy. 10 gun sloop. Served in American War of Independence.
USS Independence
First US Navy ship of the line.
USS Independence - SP-3676
US Navy. Freighter.
USS Independence - CVL-22
- '"The difficult we do immediately; ....the impossible takes a little longer"
The lead ship of the US Navys' Independence class. Earnt 8 Battle Stars during Earths' World War II
SS Independence
Ocean Liner
USS Independence - CV-62
- "Freedom's Flagship"
US Navy. 4th Navy ship & 2nd Aircraft Carrier to bear the name. Forrestal Class. Flew the First Navy Jack as the oldest ship in the US Fleet for three years (1995-8)
USS Independence - LCS-2
US Navy. Prototype for the Independence class Littoral Combat ship.
USS Independence - NCC 01776
- "A little Revolution is good every now and then..."
Starfleet
