Cox, Landon, CDR

Line Officer
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Commander
Current/Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1982-1985, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding and Logistics) - ASN(S&L)
Previously Held NEC
139X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot (In Training)
Service Years
1963 - 1985
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Tailhook
Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club
Commander Commander

 Official Badges 

US Navy Retired 20


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Cold War Medal Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose) Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club

Excellence Award Weapons


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
United States Naval Academy Alumni Association & FoundationTailhook AssociationAssociation of Naval AviationNaval Postgraduate School Alumni Association & Foundation
Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)
  1963, United States Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation - Assoc. Page
  1969, Tailhook Association - Assoc. Page
  1970, Association of Naval Aviation - Assoc. Page
  1974, Naval Postgraduate School Alumni Association & Foundation - Assoc. Page
  1980, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page


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  1980-1982, USS Independence (CV-62)

Commander

From Month/Year
August / 1980
To Month/Year
September / 1982

Unit
USS Independence (CV-62) Unit Page

Rank
Commander
NEC
Not Specified

Base, Station or City
NOB Norfolk, VA/Deployed
State/Country
United States
  
 
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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
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
LCDR Howard Gulley

Best Moment
AirLant Maintenance Assist Team judged the CV-62 Weapons Dept to be the "best they had ever seen"
   

Worst Moment
Fire in CIC while in upkeep at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Other Memories
In addition to being the Weapons Officer, was the ship's Maintenance Manager, VIP Tours Officer, CDO in port.
   
   
Yearbook
 
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USS Independence
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Ellison, Stephen, CAPT, (1970-2005) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Peek, Stanley, LT, (1981-1987) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Smollon, John, LT, (1975-1981) OFF 220X Lieutenant
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Sanders, Richard, LCDR, (1979-1995) OFF 310X Lieutenant Junior Grade
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Mellis, Larry, CWO4, (1966-1990) WO 752X Chief Warrant Officer 3
Overfield, Norman, LCDR, (1963-1993) Chief Warrant Officer 3
Dunn, Hayward, CWO4, (1962-1992) Chief Warrant Officer 2
Groombride, Hermann, CWO4, (1961-1991) Chief Warrant Officer 2
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Margerum, Gary, SCPO, (1963-1983) FT FT-1138 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Rafferty, Bill, CMDCM, (1973-2003) AB AB-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Stevens, Alfred, LT, (1965-1989) EM EM-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
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