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To be disposed of, type of disposal not known.
08 March 2004
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SPECIAL THANKS !
For their help in developing
these Ship's Co. Pages
Leigh D. Allvord
M Div. * 1958-1960
Richard E. Binder
S3 Div. * 1974-1975
Dave Foley
"Sparrowhawk"
V0 Div. * 1980-1983
Earl D. Galloway
V1 Div. * 1960 - 1963
John L. Hedinger
RVAH-1 * 1964-1967
OZ Div. * 1970-1974
Stanley Richardson
RVAH-12 * 1971
Bill Sullens
V1 Div. * 1959 - 1963
Steve D. West
A Div. * 1976 - 1978
Cruise Books
These Cruise Books have been donated to the
Independence Memorial Library for use in developing this site
1961 Med Cruise
Charles D. Arnold
OE Division
1965 WestPac Cruise
John L. Hedinger
RVAH-1
1966 / 1967 Med Cruise
John L. Hedinger
RVAH-1
1971 / 1972 Med Cruise
John Zieba
VAW-122
1974 / 1975 Med Cruise
Richard E. Binder
S-3 Division
1977 Med Cruise
Steve D. West
A Division
Computer
Special Thanks Also To
Michael Craven A Div. 62-65
For Upgrading My Old
486/66 To A HP 200
My Apologies
To those who have
Sent their names and additional
information that I have not
added yet.
The project has become very large and even though I
work on it almost every day, it is impossible for me to keep up.
I will continue to add the names and information as
quickly as I can.Thank You All
For Your Support
George W. Fetherman AN
V1 - Rep 8,
1958 - 1960
Anyone out there with information on any of my subject matter,
feel free to send me additions and / or corrections.
To Contact Me
gfetherman@bigfoot.com
Anyone out there with information on any of my subject matter, feel free to
send me additions and / or corrections.
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Let me know when you were aboard so I can add you to
"Ships Company / Air Group / Marine Detachment Pages".
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5th. Division 1970 - 1971
U.S.S. INDEPENDENCE
Weapons Department
The Fifth Division gunners operate, maintain, and
repair the four 5"/54 caliber gun mounts located
aft on INDEPENDENCE. Although being a
secondary battery, "the guns". with a surface
capability of up to 13 miles range, serve a dual
purpose function of anti-air warfare protection.
The proud gunners also do their thing with the
ships chaffroc launchers (part of the Ship
Anti-Missile Integrated Defense System). Their
job entails rigid inspections to prevent
casualties and assume continuous reliability.
A vast knowledge is needed to know every possible
mode and sequence of operations for emergency
purposes. This is brought about with many hours
devoted to training and actual use of the equipment.
Capable of peppering out up to 35 rounds per minute
with accuracy, each million and a half dollar
instrument of precision electrical and complex
mechanical and hydraulic equipment bears the motto.
"You tell us where; We'll put it there".
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Douglas V. Coggin GMGSN
Jan 1970 - Aug 1971 |
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Retired from the Air National Guard after 28
years of Military Service. I've always had
fond memories of the the USS Independence.
First time away from home, what a great
experience it was. Since my Military career
is behind me, I can now be more objective
about it. I consider the Navy as my best
experience,I felt like I achieved much more
on board the Independence in such a short
amount of time. There
isn't a day that
goes by, that I don't have several thoughts
about it. I consider it my best decision
I ever made in life. You could not put a
price tag on it. I'm still waiting for the
phone call to serve again.
Lets take the
Indepenence's out of mothballs and start
all over again. |
Donald F. Lawrence GMGSN
Sept. 1971 - Mar. 1972 |
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