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USS Independence (CV-62) to be broken up in Texas

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Decommissioned super carrier USS Independence (CV-62) will be making its final voyage to Brownsville, Texas to be broken up by International Shipbreaking Ltd.

USS Independence (CV-62) underway 1979
By: PH1 LINCOLN [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The trip from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington will take around 4 1/2 months.

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