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[[Azur Lane]]'s personification of the US Navy light aircraft carrier USS [i]Independence[/i] (CVL-22). Character design by [[Atdan]], voiced by [[Yamazaki Haruka]]. h4. Appearance In-game, she is depicted with [[long hair|long]] [[brown hair]] tied in a [[low ponytail]], with [[red eyes]]. She wears a sleeveless [[grey jacket]], [[black skirt]], [[blue coat]], [[red gloves]], tricolor (mostly blue) [[thighhighs]], and red [[rudder footwear]]. She is also shown holding a large [[bow (weapon)|]] and a [[quiver]], with her real-life bridge, crane, and spliced flight deck integral with the bow. h4. History In real life, she was originally built as the [[Cleveland (Azur Lane)|]]-class light cruiser USS [i]Amsterdam[/i] (CL-59), she was ordered converted into a light carrier in the first half of 1942 amid the urgency for carriers in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. Commissioned in early January 1943, her first combat stint was a large airstrike on Rabaul in November aided by [[Saratoga (Azur Lane)|]], [[Essex (Azur Lane)|]], [[Bunker Hill (Azur Lane)|]], and her own sister ship [[Princeton (Azur Lane)|]]. Seeing service in Leyte Gulf and Okinawa, she was decommissioned in mid-1946 after being subjected to nuclear tests in [[Operation Crossroads]] alongside Saratoga. Highly radioactive, she was finally scuttled in 1951 off California. h4. Skins * [[independence_(transfer_student_from_afar)_(azur_lane)|Transfer Student From Afar]] * [[independence_(the_independent_line)_(azur_lane)|The Independent Line]] * [[independence_(liberty_and_leisure)_(azur_lane)|Liberty and Leisure]] * [[independence_(the_tailwind_of_opportunity)_(azur_lane)|The Tailwind of Opportunity]] h4. [i]Independence[/i]-class light carriers * [b]Independence[/b] (CVL-22) * [[Princeton (azur lane)|]] (CVL-23) * [[Langley (Kancolle)|]] (CVL-27, in another game) * [[Bataan (azur lane)|]] (CVL-29) h4. External links * "Wikipedia: USS [i]Independence[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Independence_(CVL-22)] Updated by bot Sun, Sep 18 '22, 02:54 |