a very good read about the USS Independence

[snakeyes]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...n-WWII-aircraft-carrier-USS-Independence.html http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/press/2015/independence-survey.html http://www.usnews.com/news/science/...aft-carrier-rediscovered-off-california-coast http://www.ussindependencecv-62.org/

 

[snakeyes]

 

[snakeyes]

sure is a big difference in the two

 

[SgtLee511]

Thanks a good read

 

[SlinktRR]

I'm glad there is an essex class carrier that is being preserved across the Hudson here. CV-11 intrepid. Cool floating museum in NYC. Independence couldn't be easily updated for jet aircraft like the intrepid was.