Isihlomelo sokugqibela seShiphu saseAlang Scrapyard eIndiya
I-SS Independence yayisungulwe ekuqaleni ngexesha lohambo lwama-ocean lwama-1950, kodwa lwaphathwa kwimivuzo engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-78 ezihlaziyiweyo ukusuka ngo-1994 ukuya ku-2001 ngabanikazi bayo abahlukahlukeneyo. Le nqanawa yenye yezona nqanawa ezinqabileyo ezenziwa e-United States, zakhiwe kwi-Bethlehem Steel Inkampani eQuincy, eMassachusetts kwi-American Export Lines yase-New York. Kwakujoliswe ekusebenziseni njengendlela yokuhamba nge-Atlantic-passenger-liner - kodwa, yaxhomekeka kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi II ye-US Navy specifications ukuvumela ukuguqulwa ngokukhawuleza kwinqanawa yamagosa, enegunya elingu-5,000 amadoda kunye nezixhobo zazo.
Abo bantu babeza kukhweliswa emkhunjini njengoko beyilungiselelwe ukuthwala abahamba ngeenqwelo-moya ezi-1,100. Iinqanawa, njengokuba zenziwe ekuqaleni, zenziwe ngokungekho ezinokutsha okanye ezinokutsha komlilo kunye neendawo ezongeziweyo zombane kunye namagumbi amabini eenjini ukwenzela ukuba ukuba enye yonakaliswe, enye inokugcina iinqanawa zihamba ngesivinini esiphezulu.
I-SS Independence yayinehambo lentombi yakhe ngoFebruwari 1951, isuka kwiNew York City ukuya kwiMeditera ngomhla we-53 weminyaka eyayihamba nomkhumbi omtsha kunye nabagibeli bayo malunga noLwandle lweMeditera. Ngethuba le-SS Independence libuyela kwiSixeko saseNew York, olu hambo lwaye lwabaleka ngeekhilomitha ezili-13 000, kwaye iinqanawa zaye za tyelela ii-port ezingama-22. Kwiminyaka eyi-15 + ezayo, i-SS Independence ya tyelela iMeditera amaninzi, ngokuqhelekileyo ithwala iindwendwe ezidumileyo njengoMongameli uHarry S. Truman, u-Alfred Hitchcock, noWalt Disney. UMnumzane Disney wayemthanda ukuhamba, kwaye amaninzi amaninzi afumaneka kwi-Disney Cruise Line (abasebenzi) bacinga ukuba uya kuthanda iDisney Cruise Line.
Ngowe-1974, i-American Export Lines yathengisa i-SS Independence kwi-Atlantic Far East Line, kwaye yaqanjwa kwakhona ngokuthi yi-Oceanic Independence. Inani labagibeli liye lahla laya ku-950. I-American Hawaii Cruises yathenga iinqanawa ngo-1980 kwaye inani labagibeli balo liye lahla ukuya ku-750. Ngo-1999, iSiseko siseko se-SS "siphila" ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo ukuhamba ngeenqwelo ezili-1000.
Kuze kube sekupheleni kwe-2001, i-American Hawaii Cruises ye-American-flag-seaerer, i-SS Independence, yahamba ngee-12 zase-Hawaiian Islands iinyanga ezili-12 zonyaka.
Emva kokuwa kweMelika eHawaii Cruises, i-Independence yaya kwi-Alameda Naval Air Station eCalifornia. Ngomhla ka-5 Matshi, 2002, isithsaba sakhe sathinta iCarquinez Bridge ngelixa lihlonywa ngamatye amane. I-Independence yayisendleleni eya eSuisan Bay, kodwa yabuyiselwa eSan Francisco ukuze ilungiswe. I-Independence yagqitywa ngo-Ephreli 2002 kunye neSuisun Reserve Fleet eSuisan Bay, eCalifornia kufuphi ne-USS Iowa. NgoFebruwari 2003, i-Independence yathengiswa kwintengiso kwi-$ 4 yezigidi ukuya kwiNorway Cruise Line (NCL).
I-NCL icwangcise ukunyusa i-Independence kwi-fleet yayo yase-US, kwaye inethemba lokuba inqanawa ethwele abagibeli ngo-2004. Nangona kunjalo, iinqanawa zaqhubeka zihlaziye kwaye zabizwa ngokuba yi-Oceanic ngo-2006 ngaphandle kokuhamba nge-NCL. Kwingxelo yayo yonyaka kaJulayi 2007 yabanini-zimali, i-Star Cruises Limited (inkampani yomzali we-NCL) ibhengeze ithengise i-Oceanic, kodwa ayizange ibize igama lomthengi.
Ngokudabukisayo, i-SS Independence yenze uhambo lwakhe lokugqibela elwandle ngoFebruwari 2008 xa wayedluliselwa elwandle esuka eSan Francisco.
Ngomnyaka we-2009, umkhombe weklasi ye-SS Independence yachithwa kwi-Alang, e-India.
I-SS Independence yayinomkhombe woodade, iSiseko-siseko se-SS, eyakhiwa ngo-1951. I-SS siseko yayinembali enomdla, kubandakanywa indima ehamba phambili kwi- I Love Lucy uchungechunge lwethelevishini kunye ne-movie-breaker, i-Affair kuKhumbula . Ummeli uGrace Kelly uhamba ngomgaqo-siseko we-SS ngaphaya kwe-Atlantis Ocean endleleni yokutshata iNkosana uRanier ngowe-1956. Le nqanawa yakudala yayisethathe umhlala-phantsi kwinkonzo ngo-1995 yaza yanyuka xa i-tow ihlulwa.