Independence (CV 62) - Naval Cruise Book

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A.. Mgt A large part ofthe daily 'ssi was carried out by the s an and boatswain's mates of deck department. Going to sea is their business. and on a forward-deployed carrier. business is good! Deck department personnel manned lndy's sea and anchor detail when the ship moored. anchored or got underway. They sent and received material during replenishments at sea: kept the ship clean. painted and well- preserved: and got the ship where it' was going. Seaman from deck department were responsible for steering the United States Ship INDEPENDENCE .Cl on mighty 80.000-ton carrier around the globe. Literally thousands of others worked in the city below decks. performing tasks vital to the safety. morale and well-being ofthe crew. Doctors performed nearly every medical procedure from routine checkups to appendeetomies. Dentists and dental technicians handled routine checkups and cleanings as well as root canals and oral surgery. Personnelmen and yeoman managed the ship's complex paperwork. Photographer's mates took and developed photos for use by intelligence specialists and 1' ff- -n '. . . S as . if 7 l 5 fl' T , R . A l I5 A-4QTxN -V'-W-fab,- ' J S - 'V ...-...,i city always the move ship's journalists. The journalists used the photos for the ship's newspaper. flyers and special-event booklets. Operations specialists. electronic warfare specialists and air traffic controllers kept electronic eyes and ears pointed in all directions, from the sky above to the sea below. Electronic technicians and interior communications electricians make sure those eyes and ears can see and hear. Electrician's mates maintain the ship's intricate web ol wiring, and safety department personnel keep an eye on everything going on. During this activity, there were jobs that had to be done that transcended a person's specialty: cleaning, damage control drills. preventive maintenance, working parties. watches and training all made demands on each Sailor's time. Yet many Sailors still volunteered their services for additional duties as instructors, religious lay readers. or members of athletic or special interest clubs. Some made time to further their education through programs like Program Afloat for College Education QPACEJ, ViS'1l the ship's library, attend worship services in the ship's chapel OI watch one of the ship's six television channels. At the end of each workday. when it finally ended. each Sailor returned to his at-sea home. For some it was a three-person stateroom. for many others it was a rack in 2 bcrthing area. As they slept, othCrS would take up the tasks to be done. Planes landed above: engines churned below. USS INDEPENDENCE -- airport. Cllbf. office and home -- steams Oll- 1-. I C i H '. E E 1 l I l i 5 i 1 l

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M Like a well-choreographed ballet, aircraft operations on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier require precision and coordination between the performers. More than 200 men at a time responded to the calls for flight quarters aboard Indy and moved to the skillfully orchestrated ballet of man and machine. ln what appeared to be chaos to an ..r.-Q.. ' ' ...JA -- 1 Huw h 1 i -- ' ',a,...Mm:sg-PM ' ' N -V ,,t, . ,, ,, 'M ' '1' N-.s....sf'vf ,M ,,...-Q A. -'NF-K4 J , ,,4.p5,ga'g il1i4 '2L ',: ', A- ,... Hi na ,F F 'W ,M ..M. M..-annie K ! 4 ,,., 5. . uv 'Muna Y V .. s , '53 ' ' ' l , 'K M- . A . Ja.. 7 V . Q 1 - 'H V ,...,.-,rfx f,..-.garb fu- ww., i , ,.,,.. '-2 at-fIifv+ 1 , ,. if .',..'4'es-,,' f-4 , -. . , . , , ELL-Q-fag, , A K gi-?,,.,h..f, ,L W:?g,.T.iV,p..Q - ,, -' v , . f -ef--'- if K,-ev - . 'i , . 1 I ...... V .f - pf i