Introducing The USS Independence Aircraft Carrier The fourth and final ship to join the Forrestal-class was the USS Independence (CVA-62). Like her sister-ships, the Independence was designed to ...

Summary and Key Points: In the lead-up to WWII, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the need to expand U.S. naval air power. With limited resources and the urgency of war, the U.S. Navy quickly ...

A former U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that survived a Japanese torpedo strike and was a massive guinea pig for two atomic bomb blasts looks remarkably intact at the bottom of the Pacific, according to ...

Here, the bow of the USS Independence seen during the robot sub survey in August 2016. Here, the bow of the USS Independence seen during the robot sub survey in August 2016. (OET/Nautilus Live) More ...

Scientists have released incredible pictures of sunken light aircraft carrier USS Independence that were taken by underwater robots exploring the wreck. The historic ship, which served in World War II ...

A team of underwater archaeologists has pieced together information from declassified government documents and a shipwrecked World War II-era naval vessel to understand the secret role played by one ...