Irving, Kevin, ABC

Aviation Boatswain's Mate
 
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Current Service Status
USN Active
Current/Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
ABE-7004-C-13 Mod 1 Catapult
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Aviation Boatswain's Mate
Primary Unit
2007-Present, ABE-7004, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
Previously Held NEC
AB-0000-Aviation Boatswain's Mate
ABH-7011-Aircraft Firefighting and Salvage Specialists
Service Years
1986 - 2010
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Neptune Sweethearts Domain
Newfoundland Skreech
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Rock
Order of the Magellan
Plank Owner
Suez Canal
AB-Aviation Boatswain's Mate
Six Hash Marks

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Order of the Shellback




 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Building the USS Gerald R. Ford
   
  1986-1988, AB-0000, USS Independence (CV-62)

AB-Aviation Boatswain's Mate

From Month/Year
- / 1986
To Month/Year
- / 1988

Unit
USS Independence (CV-62) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
NEC
AB-0000-Aviation Boatswain's Mate

Base, Station or City
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
State/Country
Pennsylvania
  
 
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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: Apr 9, 2007
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
Umi Harding, Johnny Panatex, Jerry Hernandez, Paul Beausoleil

Best Moment
Going to the Cowboys/Eagles games there from 86-88.

   

Worst Moment
Being taken off the ship due to a knee injury.

Other Memories
Anyone remember those "satellite numbers"?
   
   
Yearbook
 
My Photos For This Unit
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603 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS Independence (CV-62)
Rafferty, Bill, CMDCM, (1973-2003) AB AB-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Walborn, Ray, PO1, (1979-1989) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Guajardo, Albert, CDR, (1988-Present) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Kovacs, Mike, PO2, (1987-1991) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
McCombs, James, SCPO, (1979-2016) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Mcleod, Robert, PO1, (1979-1999) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Rowe, Anthony, SCPO, (1982-2010) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Boats, Another, PO1, (1986-2006) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Graeter, Chris, PO3, (1985-1998) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Hayter, Paul, PO1, (1987-2007) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Quintana, Robert, PO3, (1988-1992) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Raimondo, Frank, PO3, (1986-1990) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
ROJAS JR, MANUEL, PO2, (1988-2007) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Smith, William, PO3, (1980-1991) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Sostorecz, Richard, PO3, (1985-1989) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Davies, Dana, CPO, (1986-Present) AB AB-0000 Airman
Ingles, Marc, PO2, (1986-1996) AB AB-0000 Airman Recruit
Staab Jr, George J, PO1, (1984-2013) EO AB-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Ausderau, Doug, CMDCM, (1971-2001) AB ABF-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Scherff, Charles, SCPO, (1971-1991) AB ABH-9508 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Stewart, Robert, SCPO, (1973-2000) AB ABH-9508 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Stewart, Robert, SCPO, (1974-2000) AB ABH-7011 Chief Petty Officer
Arallo, Joseph, PO1, (1980-2009) AB ABE-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Dryer, Frederick, MCPO, (1978-2007) AB ABF-7022 Petty Officer First Class
Thrower, Danny, PO1, (1979-1992) AB ABH-9508 Petty Officer First Class
Ferguson, Thomas, CPO, (1983-2009) AB ABF-7022 Petty Officer Second Class
Houchins, Allen, CPO, (1982-2003) AB ABE-7005 Petty Officer Second Class
McCue, Richard, PO1, (1982-1997) AB ABE-7005 Petty Officer Second Class
Brehmer, Tracy, CPO, (1987-2010) AB ABE-7004 Petty Officer Third Class
Figueroa, Erick, PO1, (1982-2002) AB ABH-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Metcalfe, Keith, CMDCM, (1988-Present) AB ABF-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Rodriguez, Michael, CPO, (1987-Present) AB ABH-7011 Petty Officer Third Class
Studnicky, Brian, PO3, (1987-1991) AB ABE-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Denton, Kenneth, AN, (1986-1991) AB ABH-9508 Airman
Estrada, Marco, SCPO, (1986-2007) AB ABH-9508 Airman
Rapp, Fredric, PO2, (1986-2012) AB ABF-0000 Airman
McCoullough, James, (1982-1988) PC PC-0000 [Other Service Rank]
Magalis, Richard, CAPT, (1963-1991) OFF 131X Captain
Needham, William, CAPT, (1957-1990) OFF 131X Captain
Berardi, Rick, CDR, (1968-1999) OFF 636X Lieutenant Commander
Freitag Jr., R. Lee, CDR, (1979-2001) OFF 132X Lieutenant Commander
Hamilton, Al, LCDR, (1963-1992) OFF 612X Lieutenant Commander
Henderson, Randall, CDR, (1977-1997) OFF 163X Lieutenant Commander
MacKenzie Jr, Warren "Gair", LCDR, (1982-1995) OFF 165X Lieutenant Commander
Brackenridge, Herbert, LT, (1974-1987) OFF 651X Lieutenant
Gerry, Gerry, LT, (1983-1996) OFF 110X Lieutenant
Hauck, Fredrick, CAPT, (1980-2010) OFF 310X Lieutenant
McDavid, Scott, CDR, (1983-1997) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Carroll, Michael, LT, (1969-1994) OFF 619X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Easler, Brett, CAPT, (1978-2014) OFF 639X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Gallon, Faron, LTJG, (1988-1992) OFF 111X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Malmquist, Alan, LT, (1967-1994) OFF 641X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Storm, Henry, LCDR, (1963-2006) OFF 631X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Garrity, Thomas, LT, (1976-1999) OFF 641X Ensign
Anderson, Ric, CWO4, (1966-1996) WO 741X Chief Warrant Officer 3
Pacheco, George, CWO3, (1963-1987) OFF 716X Chief Warrant Officer 3
Brabant, Gary, CWO3, (1971-1996) OFF 731X Chief Warrant Officer 2
Noyce, Dennis, CWO2, (1969-1991) WO 714X Chief Warrant Officer 2
Szymborski, James, CWO2, (1971-1991) HT HT-0000 Chief Warrant Officer 2

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