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- USS Independence aerial view 1943
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- View of damage inflicted on USS Independence during her use as a target ship for the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946
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- Bombs transferred from ammunition ships to aircraft carrier USS Independence 1943
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- USS Independence underway during World War II
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- USS Independence Philadelphia 12 March 1943
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- USS Independence port side
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- Tanker refueling USS Independence in Pacific
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- Personnel get a close-up look at the damage inflicted on USS Independence during her use as a target ship for the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946
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- Ford 9N aircraft tug on deck of the USS Independence 1943
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- USS Independence 1943
The fourth USS Independence (CVL-22) (also CV-22) was a United States Navy light aircraft carrier, lead ship of her class.
Begun as light cruiser Amsterdam, CL-59, she was launched as CV-22 on 22 August 1942 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. Rawleigh Warner, and commissioned 14 January 1943, Captain G. R. Fairlamb, Jr., in command.