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Status Date
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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
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
Harry B. Kidd
OP Div. 1969 - 1970
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



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Dave Foley
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on any of my subject matter,
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additions and / or corrections.


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Commander Carrier Group Eight
RADM B. J. Smith
1994 - 1995


FREEDOMS FLAGSHIP
U.S.S. INDEPENDENCE

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Rear Admial
RADM B.J. Smith
1994 - 1995
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Lcdr Torsten Garber
April 1995 - Dec 1997
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LCDR Torsten Garber

When I reported to Indy in May 95, she was participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 1995 in the Gulf of Thailand. I will never forget the COD ride to the ship with three other high pri pax and some amazing amount of mail for the Indy and accompanying ships. The ramp dropped after the trap, the WestPac heat and humidity clobbered me and there I was, a member of the Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF), as the Navy likes to call it. We called in the "U.S. Navy Foreign Legion".

RADM Bernard Smith was CTF 70 until summertime, 1995 when RADM Jim Ellis relieved RADM Smith. RADM Ellis was promoted to VADM and he detached in mid 1996, relieved by RADM Charles W. Moore. All three were outstanding leaders who I feel privileged to have served with.

Indy was a hard working ship in Japan. She answered all tasking during my tenure aboard her. We deployed to C5F July-Nov 1995, then we did Westpac Ops all of 1996 (including the Taiwan contingency when the PRC was firing missiles near Taiwan to intimidate them during their first elections). In 1997 Indy did her farewell tour through Westpac. An amazing deployment, the only true peacetime deployment I have ever seen in 20 years of service. We hit Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Kelang, Malaysia, Guam, PI, and Perth and Sydney in Australia. We called that deployment "Indy Down Under". I detached in Dec 1997, and in January 1998 Indy deployed again to the C5F AOR. She returned mid 1998, then headed to Hawaii to swap out with Kitty Hawk.

When she was decommissioned in 1998, and I was fortunate enough to be based at Whidbey Island at the Electronic Attack Weapons School (The EA-6B Tactics Center), and Capt Milliken was kind enough to send me an invite. It was a somewhat sad occasion, but it offered those of us who could attend a chance to say thanks and goodbye. It was chilling seeing the crew file off the ship, and I still remember shaking Capt Milliken's hand at the post decomm reception, congratulating the last CO of USS Independence (CV-62).

The last time I saw her up close was in the fall of 2001, when CVN-72, (I was ship's company at the time), was pulling a yard period in Bremerton. I walked over to her, Ranger and Midway the day before we pulled out for sea trials. It was a cold, dreary day. How appropriate. Indy looked alone, dark and cold, but she was still there. At least Ranger Boat and Midway Maru were keeping her company. Now Midway is a museum in San Diego and Connie has joined the Navy's carrier junk yard. Kitty Hawk will soon follow.

In 2006, before I retired from active duty, I called the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility to ask if they would take me aboard. They said no, they were prepping her for being sunk as an artificial reef. However, now I am hearing that she will be cut up for scrap at some point. I hope they have better luck than when they cut up poor old Coral Sea. Three companies went bankrupt trying to cut up that grand old ship. Quite a scandal.



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