Independence (CV 62) - Naval Cruise Book

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INDEPENDENCE changed homeports again on September 11, 1991 - - this time toYokosuka, Japan, embarking CarrierAir Wing FIVE and becoming the Navy's only forward deployed aircraft carrier and flagship for Commander, Carrier Group FIVE. The ship again deployed to the Ara- bian Gulf in mid-1992 and started the SDUTHERN WATCH operation, a mul- tinational mission to monitor Iraqi com- pliance with the U.N.-established no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel. 0nAugust 27, 1992, aircraft from embarked carrierAir Wing FIVE began flying round-the-clock missions in support of the operation. CAPTR.Y.McElroy,INDEPENDENCE'sflrstcommanding officer from January 10 - October 3, 1959. The only alrcraft carrier to participate twice in OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH, INDEPENDENCE ls shown underway In th In March 1994, the I-5 Team of INDEPENDENCE and CarrierAir Wing FIVE returned to Japan after successfully completing another deployment to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Today, more than thirty-five years since INDEPENDENCE's commis- sioning, she continues to stand in defiance of tyranny, in defense of life, liberty, and our nation's happiness -- all while being 35 Iiears Young. INDEPENDENCE HISTORY 11

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5 sf The INDEPENDENCE we know today was commissioned CVA-62 on January 10, 1959 at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard. The HonorableThomas S. Gates, Secretary of the Navy, presided over the ceremony. In 1962, she took part in the naval 5 blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis. 'f In 1965, INDEPENDENCE saw her first action off the coast of Vietnam. During this deployment, the A-6 Intruder was used m combat for the first time In 1983 INDEPENDENCE participated in OP ERATION URGENT FURY, the assault of Grenada After th1s,she steamed for the Mediterranean Sea where her aircraft saw action agamst Syrian targets m Leba non In 1988 after completing the Service DE C S PV Life Extension Program she reported toa new homeport m San Diego Cahforma In July 1990 INDEPENDENCE departed on her first Westem Pacific! Indlan Ocean deployment. While performing exercises m the North Arabian Sea INDEPENDENCE was called upon to deter Iraqi aggression agamst the nation of Kuwait durmg OPERATION DESERT SHIELD On October 2 1990 INDEPENDENCE be V . 4' 1. 1 I J' carrier smce 1974 to en ter the Arablan Gulf She remained on station for more than 90 con secutlve days as the Umted States defender of freedom 10 INDEPENDENCE HISTORY Y Sr ' I ,W 1 . - ',5.d..,a Mtv- ' , 'fl r o o 0 l A ' ' ' Ji ' - l VTE, 0 , y 4 o u E V I I I O 1 A 0 ' O O 2 9 t Before her1959 commissioning, INDEPEN N Ein the Brooklyn Naval ni ard. ' ' , I I O I 9 o 2 . 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I , I U O I O E . l 9 9 0 I X ' !! ' 144 came the first aircraft , eee A . 9 4- - ' gig? U, n 'X 1, 0 5 r I it V ,I I V 'v 1' S' ffl ' th if A FF ' 1 'f I O - October 3, 1959 marked the lirst change of command ceremon on board INDEPENDENCE.

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