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Tug towing supercarrier USS Independence to breakers

The "Dino Chouest" took the decommissioned aircraft carrier, USS "Independence" in tow from Bremerton to breakers in Brownsville, Texas. The first leg of the long 16,000 mile journey that will take the 60,000-ton super carrier around the tip of South America, transiting the Strait of Magellan and eventually into EMR Group’s International Shipbreaking yard in Brownsville, Texas. USS "Independence" left on her final journey on March 11, 2017, from the Kitsap Naval Base in Bremerton, Washington to Brownsville, Texas, and was expected to take just under three months. The journey will involve navigating down the West coast of the Americas and then back up the East coast of South America. She follows two of her fellow Navy vessels to the same site in Brownsville – the USS "Constellation" and the USS "Ranger". The Brownsville site is a metal recycling yard operated by International Shipbreaking Ltd., part of the EMR Group. The company won the Navy bid to recycle the the last of the Forrestal-class supercarriers. Preparations at the Brownsville yard were complete and the team is ready in anticipation for her arrival.