Isiphetho Sokugcina Sesikebhe sasingu-Alang Scrapyard eNdiya
I-Independence ye-SS yasungulwa ngesikhathi sokuhamba kolwandle olwandle lwama-1950, kodwa yaphathwa ezingaphezu kwezingu-$ 78 million ekuvuseleleni kusukela ngo-1994 kuya ku-2001 ngabanikazi bayo abahlukahlukene. Umkhumbi ungomunye wemikhumbi embalwa yokuhamba eyakhiwe e-United States, eyakhiwe eBethel Steel Company eQuincy, eMassachusetts nge-American Export Lines yaseNew York. Kwakungenhloso yokusetshenziswa njengomuntu ohamba nge-trans-Atlantic - kodwa nokho, wawunamathele ekuchazeni kweMpi Yezwe II ye-US Navy ukuvumela ukuguqulwa okusheshayo emkhunjini wezinqola, amandla okuba amadoda angu-5 000 nemishini yawo.
Lawo madoda ayengeke agcwaliswe emkhunjini ngoba ayeklanyelwe ukuthwala abagibeli bezinyawo ezingu-1 100. Umkhumbi, njengokwakhiwa ekuqaleni, wenziwe ngokuphelele ngezinto ezingenakuqothulwa noma ezingenakuqothulwa komlilo futhi wafaka indawo ehlanganisiwe ye-hull - namakamelo amabili enjini ukuze kuthi uma omunye emele, omunye angakwazi ukugcina umkhumbi uhamba ngesivinini esisheshayo.
I-Independence ye-SS yayinehambo layo lentombazane ngoFebruwari 1951, isuka eNew York City iya eMedithera ngezinsuku ezingama-53 ezithatha umkhumbi omusha nabagibeli bayo ngaseLwandle iMedithera. Ngesikhathi i-SS Independence ibuyela eNew York City, lolu hambo lwaluvalile ngamamayela angu-13 000, futhi umkhumbi wawuhambele amabhuloho angu-22 ekholi. Eminyakeni engu-15 + eyalandela, i-SS Independence yavakashela iMedithera izikhathi eziningi, evame ukuthwala izivakashi ezidumile njengoMongameli Harry S. Truman, u-Alfred Hitchcock noWalt Disney. UMnumzane Disney wayemthanda ukuhamba, futhi iningi lama-Disney Cruise Line (abasebenzi) bacabanga ukuthi ngabe wayethanda iDisney Cruise Line.
Ngo-1974, i-American Export Lines yathengisa i-SS Independence e-Atlantic Far East Line, futhi yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-Oceanic Independence. Inani labagibeli lahlehla lifika ku-950. I-American Hawaii Cruises yathengisa umkhumbi ngo-1980 kanti umgibeli wakhe wabalwa wehlelwa ngu-750. Ngo-1999, i-SS Constitution "yayiphile" isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuhamba ngomkhumbi ongu-1000.
Kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-2001, i-American Hawaii Cruises 'yama-American flag-sea flag, i-SS Independence, yahamba ngezindiza ezingu-12 zonyaka ezihamba ngezinyawo ezihamba ngeviki.
Ngemuva kokuwa kweMelika eHawaii Cruises, i-Independence yaya e-Alameda Naval Air Station eCalifornia. Ngomhla ka-5 kuNhlaba wezi-2002, isicathulo sakhe sathinta iCarquinez Bridge ngenkathi idonswa ngamagagasi amane. I-Independence yayisendleleni eya eSuisan Bay, kodwa yabuyiselwa eSan Francisco ukuze ilungiswe. I-Independence yaqhutshwa phambili ngo-Ephreli 2002 ne-Suisun Reserve Fleet eSuisan Bay, eCalifornia ngase-USS Iowa. Ngo-February 2003, i-Independence yathengiswa endalini nge $ 4 million ukuya eNorway Cruise Line (NCL).
I-NCL ihlelwe ukwengeza i-Independence kumikhumbi yayo ekhonjisiwe yase-US, futhi ithemba ukuba nomkhumbi ophethe abagibeli ngo-2004. Noma kunjalo, umkhumbi wawuqhubeka nokuhlaziya futhi wabizwa ngokuthi i-Oceanic ngo-2006 ngaphandle kokuhamba nge-NCL. Esikhathini sika-July 2007 umbiko wesikhashana kubanikazi bamasheya, i-Star Cruises Limited (inkampani yomzali we-NCL) evezile ukuthi yayithengise i-Oceanic, kodwa ayizange ibize umthengi.
Ngokudabukisayo, i-SS Independence yenza uhambo lwakhe lokugcina olwandle olwandle ngoFebruwari 2008 lapho edluliselwa olwandle esuka eSan Francisco.
Ngonyaka ka-2009, umkhumbi we-SS Independence wawubanjwe e-Alang, e-India.
I-SS Independence yayinomkhumbi odadewethu, i-SS Constitution, eyakhiwa ngo-1951. I-SS Constitution nayo yayinomlando othakazelisayo, kuhlanganise nezindima ezithinta izinkanyezi ku- I Love Lucy uchungechunge lwethelevishini nasesikhwameni se-tearer, i- An Affair to Remember . Ummeli uGrace Kelly wahamba nge-SS Constitution ngase-Atlantis Ocean endleleni yokushada noMnuz Ranier ngo-1956. Lo mkhumbi wasendulo wawukhishwe emsebenzini kusukela ngo-1995 futhi waphonsa ngenkathi ngaphansi kwezinyopho.