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[[Image:USS Independence CVA-62.jpg|left|200px|Forrestal Class carrier USS Independence (US Navy)]]The second aircraft carrier of Earth's US Navy to bear the name. A [[wp:Forrestal class aircraft carrier|Forrestal Class]] ship, she was launched at the New York Navy Yard on 6th June 1958 and commissioned on the 10th January the following year. Independence played a highly visible part of the blockade of [[wp:Cuba|Cuba]] during the [[wp:Cuban Missile Crisis|Cuban missile crisis]] of 1962 before being decorated for service in the [[wp:Vietnam War|Vietnam War]] in 1965. The carrier spent the majority of its service in the [[wp:Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean Sea]] before a major refit in the mid 1980's | [[Image:USS Independence CVA-62.jpg|left|200px|Forrestal Class carrier USS Independence (US Navy)]]The second aircraft carrier of Earth's US Navy to bear the name. A [[wp:Forrestal class aircraft carrier|Forrestal Class]] ship, she was launched at the New York Navy Yard on 6th June 1958 and commissioned on the 10th January the following year. Independence played a highly visible part of the blockade of [[wp:Cuba|Cuba]] during the [[wp:Cuban Missile Crisis|Cuban missile crisis]] of 1962 before being decorated for service in the [[wp:Vietnam War|Vietnam War]] in 1965. The carrier spent the majority of its service in the [[wp:Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean Sea]] before a major refit in the mid 1980's and then served most of the early 90's in the [[wp:Persian Gulf|Persian Gulf]] during the [[wp:Gulf War|Gulf War]] and its aftermath. After over 39 years of service, this Independence was decommissioned on 30th September 1998, having been the oldest ship in the active fleets of the US Navy for its final three years of service. | ||
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Independence is a name which has been bestowed upon a number of ships, ranging from a cruise liner and a frieghter to two aircraft carriers. It has twice been the name given to the lead ship of its class and is a name which recurs through-out the history of Earths US Navy. The name's meaning of freedom and liberty has ensured that the name has passed to Starfleet vessels that have followed over half a millenium after the first naval vessel.
USS Independence - CV-62
- "Freedom's Flagship"
The second aircraft carrier of Earth's US Navy to bear the name. A Forrestal Class ship, she was launched at the New York Navy Yard on 6th June 1958 and commissioned on the 10th January the following year. Independence played a highly visible part of the blockade of Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 before being decorated for service in the Vietnam War in 1965. The carrier spent the majority of its service in the Mediterranean Sea before a major refit in the mid 1980's and then served most of the early 90's in the Persian Gulf during the Gulf War and its aftermath. After over 39 years of service, this Independence was decommissioned on 30th September 1998, having been the oldest ship in the active fleets of the US Navy for its final three years of service.
USS Independence - NCC 01776
- "A little revolution is good every now and then."
A New Orleans class Starfleet vessel, this Independence was commissioned in 2366 and saw service in the Dominion War. Having survived the war, it underwent a scheduled refit in 2379. The vessel then saw action in the Ithassa Region under the command of Captain Jessa Anassasi. The ship served with distinction in the region, recognised in part by Starfleet by the fact that Captain Anassasi was a Rear Admiral within 4 years of taking command. The vessel was destroyed in an attempted Gorn invasion of the region, being rammed into the Gorn vessel Emperor's Fang by Commander Mar in the climactic Battle of Deep Space 17 on 26th September 2383.