USS Independence (CV-62)

USS *Independence* (CV-62)
	USS Independence in 1971
History
United States
Name	Independence
Namesake	Independence
Ordered	2 July 1954
Builder	New York Navy Yard
Cost	$182.3 million
Laid down	1 July 1955
Launched	6 June 1958
Acquired	3 April 1959
Commissioned	10 January 1959
Decommissioned	30 September 1998
Reclassified	CV-62, 28 February 1973
Stricken	8 March 2004
Identification	Callsign: NNQN; ; Hull number: CVA-62;
Motto	Freedom's Flagship
Nickname(s)	Indy
Fate	Scrapped, 1 February 2019
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General characteristics
Class & type	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	60,000 long tons (61,000 t) standard; 80,643 long tons (81,937 t) full load;
Length	1,070 ft (326.1 m)
Beam	130.0 ft (39.63 m) waterline; 270 ft (82.3 m) extreme;
Draft	37 ft (11.3 m)
Propulsion	4 Westinghouse geared turbines, four shafts, 280,000 shaft horsepower (210,000 kW); 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers;
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h); 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h);
Complement	3,126 (ship's crew) plus; 2,089 (air wing) plus; 70 (flag staff) plus; 72 (Marines);
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SPS-48C 3D air search radar; AN/SPS-49(V5) 2D air search radar; AN/SPS-67(V1) surface search radar; AN/SPS-64 navigation radar; Mk 91 Missile fire-control radar;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	AN/SLQ-29; Mark 36 SRBOC decoy rocket launcher;
Armament	8 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns (127 mm); 2× 8 NATO Sea Sparrow; 3× Phalanx CIWS;
Aircraft carried	70–90; Typical air group in the late 1990s:; 14 F-14 Tomcat,; 36 F/A-18 Hornet,; 4 EA-6B Prowler,; 4 E-2C Hawkeye,; 8 S-3/ES-3 Viking,; 3 SH-60F Seahawk,; 2 HH-60 Seahawk;

26°06′13″N 97°10′08″W / 26.1034852°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 fourth and final member of the Forrestal class of conventionally powered supercarriers. She entered service in 1959, with much of her early years spent in the Mediterranean Fleet.

Independence was decommissioned in 1998 after 39 years of active service. After 19 years stored at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, it was towed to Brownsville, Texas in 2017 with scrapping completed by early 2019.