CV-62 Independence

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Forrestal, [CV].

Builder: New York Naval Shipyard, New York, U.S.A.

Launch date: 06 June 1958.

Commission date: 10 January 1959.

Decommission date: 30 September 1998.

Displacement ( tons ): 60.000 standard, 80.643 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 326.1 x 39,5 x 11,3

Main machinery: 4 x Westinghouse geared turbines, 8 x Babcock and Wilcox boilers, ( 280.000 hp ), 4 shafts.

Speed ( knots ): 34.

Complement: 5540 ( 552 officers ).

Guns: 8 x 127mm/54 Mk42 ( removed ), 3 x Phalanx 20mm CIWS, 4 x 40mm saluting guns.

Missiles:  SAM: 3 x Mk29 octuple launcher for Sea Sparrow.

Radar: Air search: 1 x SPS-48C, 3-D; 1 x SPS-58; Surface searh/Navigation: 1 x SPS-67; Fire control: 3 x Mk91 ( for the Sea Sparrow missiles ).

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Mk36 SRBOC chaff launchers; ECM/ESM: WLR 1, WLR 3, WLR 11, SLQ 26.

Aviation: up to 90.

Callsign: NNQN ()

Awards (as of 30/09/1998): 

Similar units:

 CV60 Saratoga