May 8, 2015 7:10 pm

Re-Discovery of USS Independence Raises Veteran's Memories

In early April researchers from NOAA announced they had re-discovered the sunken remains of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Independence lying near the Farallones Islands, 30 miles off San Francisco. It was a significant find as the ship’s list of war-time accomplishments was as long as an arm; first carrier outfitted to launch planes at night, survivor of a crippling torpedo attack, helped pound positions in Okinawa to help end the war and finally brought her crew safely home at the war’s end. Joe Rosato Jr. reports.

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