USS Independence (CV-62)
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The fifth USS Independence 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
USS Independence in 1971
Independence under construction at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1955
Independence fitting out at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in June 1958; Enterprise (CV-6) is opposite awaiting disposal
Independence on her initial shakedown in 1959
The United States and a coalition of Caribbean countries invaded the island nation of Grenada at dawn on 25 October 1983. It was codenamed Operation Urgent Fury by the U.S. military, and resulted in m
USS Independence (CV-62)
…Carrier Group Four), assigned to the United States Second Fleet, became the core of Task Group 20.5, the carrier task group that would support the Invasion of Grenada. On 25 October 1983, aircraft from Independence's embarked air wing flew missions supporting the invasion. Returning to Lebanon that same year, the…
An American Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter hovers above the ground near an abandoned Soviet ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun during the American invasion of Grenada, 1983.
Point Salines International Airport
Maurice Bishop and Foreign Minister Unison Whiteman in East Germany, 1982
Members of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force