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    1034852°N 97.1689342°W / 26.1034852; -97.1689342 The fifth USS Independence (CV/CVA-62) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was the...
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    The same day, United States President Clinton announced that the USS Independence CV-62 and her Carrier Battlegroup (Carrier Group Five), returning to Japan...
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  • conflict. Source: USS Independence CV-62 USS Jouett CG-29 USS Antietam CG-54 USS Goldborough DDG-20 USS Reasoner FF-1063 USS Brewton FF-1086 USS Barbey FF-1088...
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    1944 – October 1945 USS Hancock Tribute Site USS Forrestal Association USS Independence CV-62 Association Inc. — CVW-6 Page USS America Veterans Association...
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    multiple CV-59/CV-63 Class aircraft carriers in the United States, to include ex-Forrestal (CV-59), ex-USS Independence (CV-62), ex-USS Saratoga (CV-60),...
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    USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), formerly CVA-63, was a United States Navy supercarrier. She was the second naval ship named after Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the...
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    of Attack Squadron Seventy-Five serving aboard aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62). On July 18, 1965, Commander Denton was piloting his A-6A Intruder...
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    order disregards the USS Constitution, which technically is the oldest in the Navy but is used only for ceremonial purposes, and the USS Pueblo, which was...
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    October 1973, Task Group 60.1 with USS Independence (CV-62), Task Force 60.2 with Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Task Forces 61/62 with Guadalcanal (Amphibious...
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  • all named for politicians. USS Independence (CVL-22) and USS Independence (CV-62) were named for the concept of independence. Ammunition ships (AE) were...
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    USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned eight days after the end...
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    2015 USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) 1998 - 2008 USS Independence (CV-62) 1991 - 1998 USS Vincennes (CG-49) 1997 – 2005 USS Hewitt (DD-966) 1990-1997 USS McClusky (FFG-41)...
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    the USS Independence CV-62 task force including the USS Richmond K. Turner CG-20, USS Coontz DDG-40, USS Caron DD-970, USS Moosbrugger DD-980, USS Clifton...
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  • the first day of Operation Urgent Fury, A-7 Corsairs from the USS Independence (CV-62) attacked enemy command posts at the Fort Frederick and Fort Rupert...
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    to 1991. Temporarily assigned to CVW-14, VS-21 departed with the USS Independence CV-62 on 5 August 1991 from NAS North Island. Arriving at Pearl Harbor...
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    USS Independence (CVL-22) (also CV-22) was a United States Navy light aircraft carrier. The lead ship of her class, she served during World War II. Converted...
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    Yokosuka, Japan, in June 1998, embarking aboard both USS Independence (CV-62) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). In September 2000, Admiral Keating reported to...
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  • facilitated by Jesse Jackson. Lt. Lange's body was returned. From the USS Independence (CV-62), the A-7, Commander Edward Andrews managed to guide his failing...
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    350°N 123.517°E / 15.350; 123.517 The fourth USS Princeton (CVL-23) was a United States Navy Independence-class light aircraft carrier active in the Pacific...
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  • facilities at the disposal of the Paramount production team. The USS Independence (CV-62), provided for two weeks of filming in November 1989 and A-6E Intruders...
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    Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192) while embarked on the USS Midway (CV-41) and the USS Independence (CV-62). As a combat veteran during his command tour, Godwin...
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    USS Brush (DD-745); USS Carpenter (DDE-825); USS Norfolk (DL-1); Recruiting Duty, Columbia, Tennessee; USS Springfield (CL-66); USS Independence (CV-62);...
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    (VF-161) on board USS Midway (CVA-41) in Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) and in the VF-21 "Freelancers" on board USS Independence (CV-62) with Carrier Air...
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    USS Cabot (CVL-28/AVT-3) was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, the second ship to carry the name, after the explorer...
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    the operation from USS Independence (CV-62). Following the Achille Lauro hijacking, on 10 October 1985 Prowlers from USS Saratoga (CV-60) provided ESM support...
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  • occupies Kuwait. At the time, the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) is in the northern Arabian Sea; during the month, additional aircraft...
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    Ranger, Midway, USS Enterprise (CVN-65), America, USS Independence (CV-62), Kitty Hawk, Constellation, USS Coral Sea (CV-43), Nimitz and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)...
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    Group Five/Battle Force Seventh Fleet, breaking his flag aboard USS Independence (CV-62), forward deployed to the Western Pacific and homeported in Yokosuka...
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    Four Two (VA-42), Fighter Attack Squadron Six Five (VA-65), and USS Independence (CV 62). As a Flag Officer, he served as Commander Carrier Division 3, Pacific...
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    Combat Commander for the USS Midway (CV-41), USS Independence (CV-62), USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), USS George Washington (CVN-73), and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)...
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