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Crewmen participate in a memorial service on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). The service is being held for one of their fellow crewmen

LT. CMDR. George E. Dobes, Chaplain Corps, conducts a memorial service on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). The service is being held for an INDEPENDENCE crew

Captain Thomas C. Watson Jr., right, commanding officer, welcomes Rear Adm. Frederick C. Johnson for a visit aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62)

CAPT Thomas C. Watson Jr., left, commanding officer, and crewmen give distinguished guests a tour of the combat information center (CIC) aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62)

CAPT Thomas C. Watson Jr., right, commanding officer, welcomes Charles Snodgrass, a distinguished guest arriving for a visit aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62)

CAPT Thomas C. Watson Jr., left, give distinguished guests a tour of the combat information center (CIC) aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62)

An overhead view of a memorial service on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62)

CAPT Thomas C. Watson Jr., center, commanding officer, explains the function of the bridge to Dr. Hiehle, a distinguished visitor aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62)

Veterans of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and visitors listen to Capt. William C. Hamilton, Jr., the ship's commanding officer, during a memorial service in the ship's hangar.

CAPT Thomas C. Watson Jr., commanding officer, delivers the eulogy at a memorial service on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). The service is being held for an INDEPENDENCE crewman

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Country: Caribbean Sea

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 M. Paramore

Release Status: Released to Public

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Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.

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21/03/1979
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