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,She was retumed to the Board. The high place the name INDEPENDENCE has within the U.S. Navy fisdue largely to the World War 11 record of the fourth ship ,that name, the first carrier converted from a cruiser hull. INDEPENDENCE CCVL-229 was built the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. jQHer keel' was laid May 1, 1941, she was launched August 22, 1942, ,and commissioned January 14, 1943. fAfter exercises with the carriers ESSEX and YORKTOWN finlthe summer of 1943, the INDEPENDENCE joined those ships .g-?-W responsibility is service . . . . . The first INDEPENDENCE to iight in the American Navy was a Revolutionary War sloop of ten guns. -The second was a seventy-four gun line-of-battle ship which joined the fleet in 1815. The third INDEPENDENCE was a transport built by the U.S. Shipping Board and turned over to the Navy after the 1918 Armistice. After one trip to Europe in raids on the Japanese held Marcus Islands, the opening attacks in the Navy's Central Pacific offensive. P1776 'lf 1815 1' 1918 'A' 1943 if 1959 x 7 1 af?
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was 'fl' ff: it me fc: -ff xg. 'iff 27- 4 ndependence .... a name that stands for our very way of life. We must never take this for granted. With independence and freedom go responsibility, individual and collective .... 5 R. Y. MCELR Y Captain as 4
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responsibility is sacrifice and defense BOSTUN MARCUS ISLAND PHILLIPINE SEA
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