Gibbs, Wesley, AS1

Aviation Support Equipment Technician
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Petty Officer First Class
Current/Last Primary NEC
AS-0000-Aviation Support Equipment Technician
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Aviation Support Equipment Technician
Primary Unit
2003-2005, AS-0000, Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field, FL
Service Years
1985 - 2005
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Desert Storm
Cold War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Ditch
AS-Aviation Support Equipment Technician
Four Hash Marks

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Order of the Shellback Persian Gulf Yacht Club Persian Excursion





  1990-1992, USS Independence (CV-62)

From Month/Year
September / 1990
To Month/Year
October / 1992

Unit
USS Independence (CV-62) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
NEC
Not Specified

Base, Station or City
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 USS Independence (CV-62) Details

USS Independence (CV-62)

USS INDEPENDENCE (CVA-62)
(later CV-62)







Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - November - Quebec - November
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "GUN TRAIN"
 
 CLASS - FORRESTAL
Displacement 56,000 Tons, Dimensions, 1046' 6" (oa) x 129' 1" x 37' (Max)
Armament 8 x 5"/54, 100 Aircraft.
Armor, Unknown.
Machinery, 280,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 3800 - 4280.

Operational and Building Data


Built by New York Navy. Laid down 1 July 1955, launched 6 June 1958, commissioned 10 Jan 1959. Redesignated as a multimission carrier (CV 62) 28 February 1973. after being modified to operate ASW aircraft. SLEP at Philadelphia Navy Yard 4/1985 to mid-1988.


Replaced Midwayas forward-deployed carrier in Japan, 1991. Island was extensively enlarged during SLEP and other modernizations. Replaced by Kitty Hawk in July 1998 and decommissioned to reserve on 30 September 1998. Struck from the Navy list on 8 March 2004.


Status:Stricken, to be disposed of (Maintenance Category X).

Berth:NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Bremerton, WA.


Planned disposition:In April 2004 Navy officials identified ex-Independence as one of 24 decommissioned ships available to be sunk as artificial reefs. As of February 2008, however, she was scheduled to be dismantled in the next five years.

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Forrestal-class
Strength
Aircraft Carrier

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Feb 16, 2016
   
   
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Pflueger, Michael, CDR, (1970-1994) OFF 163X Commander
Allingham, Thomas, CAPT, (1985-2006) OFF 210X Lieutenant Commander
Doles, Mike, LCDR, (1980-1996) OFF 111X Lieutenant Commander
Formisano, Jerry, CDR, (1986-2007) OFF 230X Lieutenant Commander
Graves, John, LCDR, (1974-1998) AT 633X Lieutenant Commander
Hamilton, Al, LCDR, (1963-1992) OFF 612X Lieutenant Commander
Harden, Larry, LCDR, (1966-1996) OFF 641X Lieutenant Commander
MacKenzie Jr, Warren "Gair", LCDR, (1982-1995) OFF 165X Lieutenant Commander
Parsons, Stanton, LCDR, (1972-1994) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Vetter, Alan, LCDR, (1970-1995) OFF 633X Lieutenant Commander
Adolphson, Peter, CDR, (1981-2004) OFF Lieutenant
Anthony, Dee, CDR, (1983-2007) OFF 132X Lieutenant
Greene, Eric, CDR, (1982-2007) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Hauck, Fredrick, CAPT, (1980-2010) OFF 310X Lieutenant
Johnson, Donald, LT, (1969-1992) OFF 619X Lieutenant
Johnson, Eric, CAPT, (1981-Present) Lieutenant
LeFon, Carroll, CAPT, (1982-2008) Lieutenant
Oliver, David, CDR, (1985-2007) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Price, Michael, CAPT, (1976-2015) OFF 636X Lieutenant
Rausche, David, LT, (1982-1999) OFF Lieutenant
Thompson, John, LCDR, (1990-2004) OFF 310X Lieutenant
Williams, Richard Wayland, LT, (1970-1999) OFF 630X Lieutenant
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Regala, Caesar-Jake, LCDR, (1972-2003) OFF 613X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Baxley, Larry, LCDR, (1989-2005) OFF 116X Ensign
Dunn, Grady, LCDR, (1983-2007) Ensign
Hart, Tommy, LT, (1990-1993) OFF 163X Ensign
Jensen, Paul, LCDR, (1978-2005) OFF 647X Ensign
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