Latest "USS Independence" stories

Navy settles carrier hull scraping lawsuit

The pollution allegations targeted Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

3 years ago

Alex Vraciu: The Navy’s most indestructible ace

Meet “Grumman’s best customer.”

By Barrett Tillman, Aviation History

3 years ago

Chief loses anchors for lies about a petty officer’s wife

Officials dismissed two charges as part of a plea agreement, according to a Navy spokesman.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago

This is how the Navy plans to break the Big E

The Navy releases four proposals for dealing with the rusting flattop.

By Mark D. Faram

4 years ago

Back when fireships and hellburners terrorized fleets

In the age of sail, fireships could wreak their flaming havoc with terrifying rapidity. They could also force an enemy fleet to break anchor or split its formation.

By Chris McNab, MHQ—The Quarterly Journal of Military History

4 years ago

Back when Navy officers settled beefs by shooting each other — and Marines

“Oh Lord, I am a dead man.”

By Janine Peterson, Military History Magazine

4 years ago