1959 to 1998 |
| Flight Deck: | 62 | | Call Sign: | NNQN | | | See Also: | LCS Independence class LCS-2 |
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| | | | | 1954-jul-2 | Ordered | | | | | 1955-jul-1 | Laid down | | | | | 1958-jun-6 | Launched | | | | | 1959-jan-10 | Commissioned | | | | | 1959-jun-30 | Homeport |  | NS Norfolk Norfolk, VA | | | 1960-nov-30 | Deployment | | Exercise Royal Flush IV joint US-UK exercise in Western Mediterranean, including HMS Ark Royal, HMS Hermes, HMS Victorious, USS Intrepid and USS Saratoga. | | | 1988-oct-8 | Homeport | | Naval Base San Diego San Diego, CA | | | 1991-sep | Homeport | |  Yokosuka Naval Base relieved USS Midway at Yokosuka, as forward-deployed carrier, until Aug 1998. | | | 1997-feb | Port Visit | |  Naval Base Guam first carrier to visit Guam since 1961. | | | 1997-apr | Port Visit | |  Port Klang first carrier to visit Port Klang | | | 1998-sep-30 | Decommissioned | | at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA | | | 2004-mar-8 | Struck | | | | | 2016-apr-17 | | | still laid up at Puget Sound, pending scrapping in Texas. | | |
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