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Independence is a name which has been bestowed upon a number of ships, ranging from a cruise liner 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. Although popular in the USA, the names' 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
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 Aircraft Carrier. Earnt 8 Battle Stars during Earths' World War II
SS Independence
Ocean Liner
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. The carrier served in both the Vietnam War and the Gulf War.
She was decommissioned on the 30th September 1998 at Bremerton Naval Shipyard in the state of Washington.
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."
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.