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USS Independence (CV-62)


Conventionally-Powered Aircraft Carrier [ 1959 ]



The USS Independence took part in the American involvement during the Vietnam War and saw service into the 1990s.



Authored By: Staff Writer | Last Edited: 09/26/2016 | Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com

Specifications



United States
Operators National flag of the United States
1959
Commissioned
United States
National Origin
5,360
Complement
Forrestal-class
Hull Class
4
Number-in-Class
USS Forrestal (CV-59); USS Saratoga (CV-60); USS Ranger (CV-61); USS Indpendence (CV-62)
Ships-in-Class


Flag Ship / Capital Ship
Serving in the fleet Flag Ship role or Capital Ship in older warship designs / terminology.


1,070.0 feet
(326.14 meters)
Length
130.0 feet
(39.62 meters)
Beam
37.0 feet
(11.28 meters)
Draught
75,000
tons
Displacement


8 x Babcock and Wilcox boilers with 4 x Westinghouse geared turbines developing 280,000 horsepower to 4 x shafts.
Propulsion
33.0 knots
(38.0 mph)
Surface Speed
7,995 nm
(9,200 miles | 14,806 km)
Range
1 knot = 1.15 mph; 1 nm = 1.15 mile; 1 nm = 1.85 km


8 x 5" (127mm) /54 caliber Mark 42 guns (eventually removed).
2 x 8 NATO Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missile launchers.
3 x 20mm Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWSs)


Between 70 and 90 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. Types include fleet defense/interceptor, strike, electronic warfare, search and rescue, transport and patrol types.


Military lapel ribbon for the Cold War period
Military lapel ribbon for early warship designs
Military lapel ribbon for the Falklands War
Military lapel ribbon for the 1991 Gulf War
Military lapel ribbon for the Korean War
Military lapel ribbon representing modern aircraft
Military lapel ribbon for the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Military lapel ribbon for the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Military lapel ribbon for the Vietnam War
Military lapel ribbon for the World War 1
Military lapel ribbon for the World War 2

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