Chris served two combat deployments, the first aboard the USS Independence CV-62 off Iran and Iraq in 1983-1984. The second was aboard the USS Forrestal CV-59 as a carrier jet pilot in the ...

After high school, Anthony, served in the United States Navy, reaching the rank of EM3 (Electrician’s Mate Third Class) aboard the USS Independence (CV – 62) in Philadelphia. With the skills ...

and the former USS Independence (CV-62), and is in the running for the Navy contract to salvage the former USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world's first nuclear-power carrier, deactivated in 2012 and ...

ISL previously dismantled the former USS Ranger (CV-61) and the former USS Independence (CV-62), and is in the running for the Navy contract to salvage the former USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the ...

Brahosky, a veteran, joined the Navy in 1988 and served for five years, primarily working as an aircraft electrician on the USS Independence CV 62 in San Diego. He was on the carrier as it played a ...

George W. McCormic, Sr, 90, of Virginia Beach, passed away on August 26, 2024. He was born on September 15, 1933, in Abilene, Kansas, to Marjorie Wilma Rasher and Floyd Aaron McCormic, who ...

He served in the US Navy from 1965 to 1967, including a tour aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Independence (CV 62). Bruce met Barb Schmidt in November 1967, and they married September 1970. They were ...

The USS Ranger, the third of the class ... the Forrestal (CVN-59), Saratoga (CVN-60), Ranger (CV-61) and Independence (CV-62). Compared to its predecessors, the Forrestal carriers were roughly ...

The USS Constellation (CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier that entered into active service on Oct. 27, 1961. The carrier had a hard road to completion, losing 50 personnel when a fire ...

The USS Wasp (CV-7)entered service in 1940. It was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean at the onset of America's engagement in World War II. While supporting ...

The guns sounded off around 11:30 a.m. on Independence Day. Onlookers filled the Boston Harborwalk, Castle Island and Charlestown Navy Yard to watch the display. USS Constitution was built and ...

The USS Constitution once again set sail across Boston Harbor on Thursday in honor of Independence Day. The world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat fired salutes and hosted members of ...