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n Mrs. Thomas S. Gates, wife of then Secre- tary of the Navy Thomas S. Gates, pre- sented a silver tray to INDEPENDENCE during her christening ceremony in 1958. Newport . . 7' ll' Thousands crowd pier at New York Naval Shipyard for tour of '62. Scene took place at her christening ceremony 6 June 1959. if .ff 5 K '15 1 nl
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vi.. Then Secretary of Defense Donald A. Quarles speaks to the thousands of people that attended 62's christening. Mr. Quarles passed away in mid-1959 The ship, destined to be one of the showpieces of the fleet, received her first visitors . . . one of the largest guided tours ever organized filed through the half- finished hull . . . three years later the ship was to be swarming with admiring crowds again, but in the ,f meantime . . . ll 'Ei S 5 , .-if i lil if :Y gi . . K, gi Q x lnngi A ,,t Q I mai , 'Ms mifvqs, ,, s i ,,. . . 's I at . ,' vm . p .a r 5 Y 1 I 1' 5 is W, 5 af' -QQ f Mrs. Gates breaks the bottle!
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t I Y .f to Brookl n to I DEPE DE CE Eb x ., X f ,Jef -f' f af D - T. 5? R.: 9+ - I M ff Q KJ In the meantime, two thousand men had to be trained at Newport's Fleet Training Center, the largest group they had ever seen . . . the men came from Boot Camp, other carriers, shore duty, sea duty, all over the world . . . general shipboard training . . . damage control . . . fire fighting . . . combat information mock ups . . . gunnery . . . air control . . . survival school . . . navigating school . . . rules of the road school . . . Buttercup . . . sound powered phone school . . . emergency ship-handling school . . . radio school . . . ABC school . . . fire arms school . . . schools, schools, schools . . . and in addition to this . . 'I7
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