USS Independence

The Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) after two decades of development and production have nothing to show for with its $500m to $655m per ship price tag.

The USS Independence was towed last Thursday into the Port of Brownsville where it will be dismantled for scrap. CV-62 was launched in 1958 and served almost 40 years in the Fleet before it was decommissioned in 1998. Watch the Independence Being Towed on its Final Voyage International Shipbreaking Ltd. President Chris Green credited the Port of […]

The USS Independence was towed last Thursday into the Port of Brownsville where it will be dismantled for scrap. CV-62 was launched in 1958 and served almost 40 years in the Fleet before it was decommissioned in 1998. Watch the Independence Being Towed on its Final Voyage International Shipbreaking Ltd. President Chris Green credited the Port of […]

Launched in 1942, the Independence served in the Pacific during the war, carrying planes that attacked Japanese forces. It was even torpedoed, in 1944, but managed to stay afloat, and was repaired.