Independence (CVA 62) - Naval Cruise Book

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l, The third Independence a car- go steamer was commissioned November 1918. She was con- verted to a troop transport in 1940 and assigned the name USS Neville. The fourth Independence CCVL-223 was the first of several aircraft carriers converted from cruiser hulls. Commissioned 14 January 1943,shedistinguished herself in World War ll by earn- ing 8 battle stars. Shefirst participated in strikes on Markus and Wake Islands. Then on 3 July 1944 she was back in Pearl Harbor for oper- ational training to become the first night operating carrier. Independence sailed to the Phil- ippines to play heavily in raids on lvlindanao, Leyte, and Luzon.

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