Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CV-61), a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, had an impressive service history from 1957 to 1993. An evolution from the Essex class, the Forrestal class ...

In this 1980 Navy photo an EA-6B Prowler and three A-6E Intruders aircraft are lined up on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61).

Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CV-61), a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, had an impressive service history from 1957 to 1993. An evolution from the Essex class, the Forrestal class ...

MORE than 30 years ago, the historic aircraft carrier USS Ranger CV-61 — “Top Gun of the Pacific” — saved my life from the deadly South China Sea. Today, I join Ranger veterans to save ...

The supercarrier USS Ranger CV-61 was going to be stripped for metal and parts. “When it went for scrap, it was code blue,” Harmon said. And like any medical technician, ...

A two-year project to dismantle and recycle the decommissioned U.S. Navy vessel USS Ranger (CV-61) has recently concluded. Ordered in 1954 and commissioned in 1957, the Ranger was the first U.S ...

The Navy has paid one red cent to transport and break apart a fourth super carrier—USS Ranger (CV-61)—after they were unable to have it turned into a museum docked in the Pacific Northwest.

Previous aircraft carriers berthed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, including the USS Independence (CV 62), USS Ranger (CV 61) and USS Constellation (CV 64) were sent to Brownsville, Texas, for ...

In the US: The crew of the USS Ranger CV-61 rescued all 138 of the ‘boat people’ from the wooden boat drifting on the South China Sea. “At that point, I was no longer a boat person.

USS Ranger (CV-61). US Navy Photo. The Navy has paid a Texas ship breaker $0.01 to transport and dismantle the third American super carrier — Ranger (CV-61), according to a Monday statement from ...

The USS Ranger (CV-61) Aircraft Carrier Deserved Better. The Forrestal-class aircraft carrier is a sometimes forgotten contribution to the evolution of America’s fleet.