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The Declaration of the
INDEPENDENCE
Cruise Book Covers Click here
1975-76 Cruise Book Cover
Provided by Dave Foley "Sparrowhawk"
Cruise Book Covers Click here
1977 Cruise Book Provided by Rue West Jr.
Indy Reunion Association
Denis Bagley President (click here for info)
Ship's Store Indy Reunion Association
(click here)
USS Independence Club on Yahoo
Hosted by: Earl Langley
USS INDEPENDENCE STATUS INFORMATION Provided by
N * V * R
STRICKEN
To be disposed of, type of disposal not known.
Status Date 08 March 2004
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USS Independence
CVL-22 Reunion Group
USS Independence
LCS-2 Under Construction
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U.S.S. LEYTE
Al Seguin
Navy News
Hull Number
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
Michael Craven A Div. 1962-1965
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
Pat Little V2 Div. 1967 - 1971 OX Div. 1984 / 1985
Ron Phillips CR Div. * 1977 - 1980
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
1959 Shake Down Dave Foley "Sparrow Hawk" VO Division
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
Ron Phillips CR Div. * 1977 - 1980
For Upgrading My Old
Computer by Donating a
Dell Dimension 8100
Running XP professional
My Apologies
To those who have sent
their names and additional
information, that I have
not yet added.
This project has become
very large and 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 Fetherman AN
V1 blue shirt then
Rep 8 red shirt
& hot suit man
1958 - 1960
Dave Foley
SparrowHawk60@aol.com
Anyone out there with information
on any of my subject matter,
feel free to send me
additions and / or corrections.
To Contact Me
gfetherman@zcloud.com
If you've ever been stationed aboard the "Indy"
Ships Company, Air Group or Marine Detachment
Let me know when you were
aboard so I can add you to
"Ships Company / Air Group /
Marine Detachment Pages".
This Page Updated 01.08.08 gwf |
V2 DIVISION 1976 - 1977 U.S.S. INDEPENDENCE CV-62
Air Department
"Green Shirts.....launch and recovery specialists..."
The Aviation Boatswains Mates, launch and recovery
specialists comprise V2 Division. It is their expertise
and vigilance that keep the INDY's four steam
powered catapults and four arresting gear
engines in a condition of peak readiness.
These 130 green shirt experts serve as aircraft hook-up
men on the catapults, aircraft weight checkers and
jet blast deflector operators.
Below the hub-bub of the flight deck these busy green
shirts watch and maintain a myriad of machinery to
operate the catapults and retract them for another
100+ mile per hour launch.
Back in the arresting gear, the deafening roar and
screech of miles of heavy cable is the only
companion to a man standing watch over
the airplane catching machinery.
V-2, another important link in the
Air Department and Independence team!
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