The deactivated carrier, USS Independence has actually passed Costa Rica on the initial leg of its journey from Bremerton and also forward to Brownsville, Texas.

The initial leg of the lengthy 16,000 mile trip that will certainly take the 60,000-ton very service provider around the idea of South America (not the Panama Canal), transiting the Strait of Magellan and also at some point right into EMR Group’s International Shipbreaking backyard in Brownsville, Texas.

USS Independence left on her last trip on March 11 from the Kitsap Naval Base in Bremerton, Washington to Brownsville, Texas and also is anticipated to take simply under 3 months.

The service provider is being pulled by the Dino Chouest and also the trip will certainly include browsing down the West shore of the Americas and after that back up the East shore of South America.

She complies with 2 of her other Navy vessels to the exact same website in Brownsville– the USS Constellation and also the USS Ranger (of Top Gun popularity).

The Brownsville website is a steel reusing backyard run by International Shipbreaking Ltd., component of the EMRGroup The firm won the Navy proposal to reuse the 60,000-ton vessel, the last of the Forrestal- course of “supercarriers.”

“The scale of the logistical and towing preparation to set the USS Independence on her final voyage has been enormous. Preparations at the Brownsville yard are complete and the team is ready in anticipation for her arrival,” claimed Chris Green, the elderly supervisor of the Brownsville website. “We take great pride in having been awarded another US Navy ship recycling contract. It’s testament to our parent company EMR’s investment in the International Shipbreaking Ltd. facilities that we are able to complete large scale ship recycling contracts in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.”