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INDEPENDENCE

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1982 cruise book
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USS INDEPENDENCE
STATUS INFORMATION
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STRICKEN
To be disposed of, type of disposal not known.
08 March 2004



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Patches Provided by
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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
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This Page Updated 10.13.06 gwf
Leigh D. Allvord

M Division 1982 - 1983
U.S.S. INDEPENDENCE CV-62

"Conserve water . . . take a Navy Shower"

The very fact that hot water is available for the
use of INDEPENDENCE crewmembers when
they want it is one of the reasons that
M Division is so important to the ship.

More important than just shower water, this
division has the responsibility for the
operation, repair and maintenance of the
main steam propulsion engines, steam
turbine electric generators, and
fresh water distilling plants.

Located in each of the four main machinery
spaces, the main engines receive 1200 PSI
superheated steam from the boilers and use it to
generate up to 70,000 hp to turn each of the four
screws. On days when there is no "natural wind,"
the main engines can propel the ship with
enough force to create up to 30 knots of
"man made " wind. Without this wind, the
launching and recovery of jet aircraft
would be virtually impossible.

The eight electric turbogenerators are
each capable of producing up to
1500 KW of 450 volt, 69 HZ power.

M Division - owners and operators of the
"INDY power and light company."



************* ENLISTED *************
Name
Rate
Photo
Comments
Joseph A. Salem MMFN
1979 - 1982
mms
FN
FLAG
I miss you guys!
Bart Strickland MMFN
May 1978 - Aug 1983
mms
FN
FLAG
Any old snipes still around from
2 Main or 1 Aux
Richard Maglione MM3
1982 - 1984
MM3
FLAG
*
Dana Williams MM3
16 Feb 82 - 02 Jan 87
MM3
FLAG
*
Kent R. Sawatzky MM3
23 Dec 82 - 25 Nov 86

krs rbn
MM3
FLAG
#4 MM - 4 1/2 years
On board during Grenada & Operation Urgent Fury
Was on national tv when Indy went to
New York City for the Statue of Liberty's
200th. birthday. Sat at the top of the
World Trade Center building 1, drinking
beers with Dan Rizzo.
Became a Shellback and Blue Nose
on the same cruise that took us
halfway around the world.
John Afflitto MM2
12 Apr 82 - 11 Apr 87
MM2
FLAG
*
Steven R. Poole MM2
May 1980 - Oct 1983
FA - MM2
FLAG
#3 MMR
Dan Rizzo MM2
1982-1987

dr ribbons
MM2
FLAG
Worked in 1 Main and 2 Main
On board during Grenada
Operation Urgent Fury
Sorry to see her decommissioned-
Thought when I left in 1987 she,
would be good for another 20 years.
Gilbert "Gil" Stonebarger MM2
1980 - 1984
MM2
FLAG
Eng Rm’s 3 & 4.
Ships Brig Duty during shipyard time.
Dan Beckedahl MMC(SW)
1982-1988

SW
db rbn
MMC
FLAG
#1, #2 AMR
Would be nice to talk to some of the
old boys from #1 & #2 AMR.


************* OFFICERS *************
Name
Rank
Photo
Comments


CVA-62
10 Jan 59
m Div.
1958 - 1959
m Div.
1960 - 1961
m Div.
1962 - 1963
m Div.
1964 - 1965
m Div.
1966 - 1967
m Div.
1968 - 1969
m Div.
1970 - 1971
m Div.
1972 - 1973
CV-62
28 Feb 73
m Div.
1974 - 1975
m Div.
1976 - 1977
m Div.
1978 - 1979
m Div.
1980 - 1981
m Div.
1982 - 1983
m Div.
1984 - 1985
m Div.
1986 - 1987
m Div.
Yr. Unknown

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