USS Independence (CVL-22)
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Ford 9N aircraft tug on deck of the USS Independence 1943
Personnel get a close-up look at the damage inflicted on USS Independence during her use as a target ship for the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946
Tanker refueling USS Independence in Pacific
USS Independence 1943
USS Independence aerial view 1943
USS Independence Philadelphia 12 March 1943
USS Independence port side
USS Independence underway during World War II
View of damage inflicted on USS Independence during her use as a target ship for the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946
The fourth USS Independence (CVL-22) (also CV-22) was a United States Navy light aircraft carrier, lead ship of her class. Begun as light cruiser Amsterdam, CL-59, she was launched as CV-22 on 22 August 1942 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. Rawleigh Warner, and commissioned 14 January 1943, Captain G. R. Fairlamb, Jr., in command.