USS Independence (CV-62) 1990 Cruise Varsity Jacket

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USS Independence (CV-62) 1990 Cruise Varsity JacketUSS Independence was the fourth and final Forrestal class supercarrier, commissioned in 1959. For most of her career she served with the Atlantic Fleet, making repeated Mediterranean deployments with the Sixth Fleet before shifting to the Pacific late in her service. She was redesignated CV 62 in 1975 and served until her decommissioning in 1998. This heavyweight letterman jacket commemorates Independence's 1990 Western Pacific deployment, during

the fleet-wide operational tempo was high

hammering North Vietnamese targets in the most concentrated air campaign of the entire Vietnam War

This framed cruise poster preserves that deployment in museum-quality print — a piece of Abe's long operational record

she conducts covert surveillance

One piece of kit that pulls its weight every time

— the Navy's first African American flag officer

The ship named America

Japan from 1973 to 1991 as the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed carrier

The Iran-Contra affair rocked Washington

a new class of Pollywogs made the crossing and endured the ancient trials of King Neptune's court — emerging as fully initiated Shellbacks

'Connie' decommissioned after 41 years of service

This long sleeve cruise shirt honors their steady professionalism during one of the most watched deployments of the modern era