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 bridged ...

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 that same ship ...

It was about three weeks ago that former Navy surgical corpsman Robert Harmon heard the news. The supercarrier USS Ranger CV-61 was going to be stripped for metal and parts. “When it went for scrap, ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CVA-61), introduced in the mid-1950s, was the third Forrestal-class supercarrier and the first U.S. aircraft carrier designed from the outset with an angled ...

The USS Ranger's last voyage will cost the Navy a penny -- and one of its most legendary aircraft carriers. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has paid one red cent to transport and break apart a ...

The first U.S. Navy ship designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier took less than three years to complete. But when the USS Ranger (CV-4) slid down the ways at Newport News ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The former aircraft carrier USS Ranger is expected to reach a South Texas shipyard this weekend as the vessel faces the scrapyard. The Brownsville Herald reports the Ranger ...

Update: The USS Nimitz departed Bremerton for its next deployment on Friday, March 21. The Nimitz's home port is still in Bremerton until the Navy moves it to Norfolk in 2026. This story was ...

The USS Ranger CVA/CV-61 Reunion Association will hold its 27th annual reunion in Jacksonville, Florida from Oct. 1 to 4. for all former crew members, squadrons, Marine detachment or T.A.D's at the ...