
Caption | Carrier Independence under overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 11 Jul 1943; note hulls of submarines Spadefish and Trepang nearby ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||||||||
Identification Code | 5083-43 | ||||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 11 Jul 1943 | ||||||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Vallejo, California, United States | ||||||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||||
Added Date | 2 Sep 2010 | ||||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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David Stubblebine says:
20 Mar 2020 05:46:03 PM
Rich Miller (above):
Except for listing an incorrect hull number, everything in your comment is correct. Please note that the caption has been updated and thank you for pointing this out.

20 Mar 2020 05:46:03 PM
Rich Miller (above):
Except for listing an incorrect hull number, everything in your comment is correct. Please note that the caption has been updated and thank you for pointing this out.
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19 Mar 2020 09:08:43 AM
Independence (CVL-21) was laid down May 1, 1941 and launched at Camden, New Jersey in August 1942, then commissioned January 14 1943 at Philadelphia Navy Yard. She then did shakedown off Trinidad, returned to Philadelphia, then transited Panama in mid-June to San Francisco. On July 11 1943 she was at Mare Island (San Francisco Bay) preparing to sail for Pearl Harbor on July 14, where after a couple of training runs, she joined TF 15 (precursor to TF 50 and TF 58) for a raid on Marcus. So the photo caption should say maintenance (maybe, note the sailors sunning on the aft end of the flight deck), but not construction.