Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Light fleet carrier |
Class | Independence |
Pennant | CVL 22 |
Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 1 Jul 1940 |
Laid down | 1 May 1941 |
Launched | 22 Aug 1942 |
Commissioned | 14 Jan 1943 |
End service | 28 Aug 1946 |
History | Used as a target ship for Operation Crossroads atom bomb tests in July 1946. |
Former name | Amsterdam (CL-59) |
Commands listed for USS Independence (CVL 22)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Capt. George Richardson Fairlamb, Jr., USN | 14 Jan 1943 | 27 Sep 1943 |
2 | T/Capt. Rudolf Lincoln Johnson, USN | 27 Sep 1943 | 26 Jul 1944 |
3 | T/Capt. Edward Coyle Ewen, USN | 26 Jul 1944 | 6 Mar 1945 |
4 | T/Capt. Nolan Martin Kindell, USN | 6 Mar 1945 | 28 Aug 1946 |
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