Keywords: Hulk of USS Independence (CVL-22) in San Francisco Bay in 1947.jpg The U S Navy battleship USS Iowa BB-61 passes the burned-out hulk of the light aircraft carrier USS Independence CVL-22 in San Francisco Bay USA July 1947 Independence had been a target ship in the Bikini atom bomb tests the year before She was later scuttled near the Farallon Islands off the coast of California on 29 January 1951 Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-70000/NH-70264 html NH 70264 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1947-07 Ted Huggins U S Navy thumb left PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Independence CVL-22 |