Independence (CV 62) - Naval Cruise Book

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,l COMMANDING OFFICER UNITED STATES SHIP INDEPENDENCE 31 December 1995 A Message to the Creyy In 1960 INDEPENDENCE began her first deployment as Amertca s neys est atrcraft carrter Thrrty five years and rnrlltons of nules later she ts rzoyy the grand old lady of the Untted States Navy Proudly fly tng the Ftrst Navy .lack she ts the oldest acttye shtp tn our eet Thumbrng through the 1960 61 Crutsebook I was ama.ed to see that whtle so much has changed oy er the years a lot about ltfe aboard the shtp ts eyactlyr the same as tt was back then But the one constant has been her creyy each of yrou and the thousands of Satlors and Martnes yyho haye sery ed so proudly throughout the years Thts book deptcts another chapter tn the htstory of USS INDEPENDENCE and takes a retrospecttye look at then and noyy and does so bv borroyytng seyeral tdeas from the first crutsebook The faces of your frtertds and coworkers the routtne of ltfe aboard shtp and photos of then and noyy That s what yye ve trted to capture and tt s yyha! makes the old book so much fun to look at 35 years later As you can see from the neyt page the shtp had some arnbtttous goals for 1995 We kneyy yye yy ere gorng to spend a good deal of ttrne at sea but also a good deal of ttme tn port yyhethcr here rn Yokosuka or as far ayaay as the Mtddle East There yx ere schedule changes yye rnrssed Srngapore and spent a lrttle extra ttme tn the Arabtan Gulf On the return the yyeather forced us to truss Marula and dtyert to Hong Kong But when you re at the up of the spear you ye got to be fleublc and you rnet each challenge ystth enthustasnt and professtonaltsrn Whereyer 1996 f7nds you I hope you enjoy thts book and that you look back ondly on 1995 And someday yy hen INDEPENDENCE sazls only tn the pages of books I hope thts book yytll serye as a rerrunder of your accornpltshments your tray els and most ttnportantly your felloyy shrprrrates and frtends It hay been a great honor and a strtcere pleasure to serye as your comtnandtrtg ofhttr and shrprnate dunrzg thts pertod of ttrrte You haye been an outstandtng creyy and a Say ortara and best yttshes for contttuted success tn your nayal IIIUSI IIIIPTCSYII E lLfU7l careers Caotatn U S Nayy 4 V :M ,'..- gf-'-.E-gr ?f'f . .lA sl. 'f , y , Y 3- I f , '-35. I . , V . N t y . ' ' 1- y ' ' r 1 . - - , y ' . y f' ' y f ' t -A . 1 J 1, t ' - ' r 1' L 1 ' ' t t ' ,' 1 y 1 ' I - . . 5 ' . ' . , , Q , . ' y ' r v r I 7 . . v y . ' . . . N . . 1 , . r r ' t ' ' ' ' r . . , , . . , Q ' , . . . , . . I H ,. -- ,- 1 ' ' ' : r ' r , . 1 . F- , ' ' ' . ' ' ' L . U 1 u . . . , y ' V I . . y L . - . - . . ' 9 V ' I Y : . 1 . , - , . , - ' y ' - , , . , I v 7 . . 3 r ' - ' f ' . I ' ' v . 7 ' r' - ' ' - ' y y ' - ' . I - y 1 1 W ' I - I C L , ' 1 ' ' L ' ' ' y ' . , l r 1 1 - y' ' ' , , . . , , , . , . '-- .R . ' ' ' . ,ls

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