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    The seventh USS Ranger (CV/CVA-61) was the third of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Although all four...
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    71 USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), flagship USS Ranger (CVA-61) USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) USS Hornet (CVS-12) USS New Jersey (BB-62) USS Chicago (CG-11) USS Oklahoma...
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    aboard USS Ranger (CVA-61) included two Vietnam cruises. CVW-9 made seven subsequent Vietnam deployments aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS America (CVA-66)...
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    76°26′18″W / 36.9805°N 76.4384°W / 36.9805; -76.4384 USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier...
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    USS Randolph (CV/CVA/CVS-15) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The second US Navy ship...
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    daughter thankful to museum". China Daily. Retrieved 16 December 2022. "USS Ranger (CVA-61)". US Navy Legacy. 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 11...
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  • Task Force 71 USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), flagship USS Ranger (CVA-61) USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) USS Hornet (CVS-12) USS New Jersey (BB-62) USS Chicago (CG-11)...
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    USS Wasp (CV/CVA/CVS-18) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy...
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    USS Forrestal (CVA-59) (later CV-59, then AVT-59), was a supercarrier named after the first United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. Commissioned...
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    USS Coral Sea (CV/CVB/CVA-43), a Midway-class aircraft carrier, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of the Coral Sea...
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    Officer Second Class and served on two ships, the USS Princeton (CV-37) and the USS Ranger (CVA-61). Axton was a cousin of musician Arlo Guthrie. He was...
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    Carrier Air Wing 19 USS Oriskany (CVA-34) F-8, A-7 Carrier Air Wing 2 USS Ranger (CVA-61) F-4, A-6, A-7 Carrier Air Wing 3 USS Saratoga (CVA-60) F-4, A-6, A-7...
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    26.1034852°N 97.1689342°W / 26.1034852; -97.1689342 The fifth USS Independence (CV/CVA-62) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was...
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    USS Ticonderoga (CV/CVA/CVS-14) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fourth...
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    USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned eight days after the end...
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    Bowman 2021, pp. 47, 49, 56, 70. "USS Ranger (CVA 61) WestPac Cruise Book 1959". www.navysite.de. Bowman 2021, pp. 61, 63, 65. Bowman 2021, pp. 67–69....
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    Summary, USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14, 1 Apr 1965-30 Sep 1965 (PDF), p. 5 Commanding Officer, USS Ranger (CVA-61) (February 23, 1971), USS Ranger (CVA-61) Command...
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    USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Hancock was the fourth US Navy...
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    the next 25 days, William H. Standley escorted the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61) on the northern SAR station, before she put into Sasebo for a port...
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    USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name...
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    communications relay ship USS Arlington. Whitworth was advanced to radioman first class in April 1969 and transferred to USS Ranger (CVA-61) in August for the...
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    rank of commander) Attack Carrier Air Group 5 (CAG-5) aboard the USS Ranger (CVA-61). Voris retired at the rank of captain in 1963. Upon his retirement...
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  • super-carrier CVA-01. However, these plans were significantly curtailed when the government's 1966 Defence White Paper cancelled the CVA-01 project in...
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    War II classes: the Lexington class; USS Ranger, the first U.S. purpose-built carrier; theYorktown class, and USS Wasp. As World War II loomed, two more...
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    Directory. Norwalk, Connecticut: AIRtime Publishing. ISBN 1-880588-43-9. "USS Forrestal (CVA-59)". virtualwall.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016...
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    Force 71 USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), flagship USS Ranger (CVA-61) USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) USS Yorktown (CVS-10)...
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    were spent on station, plane-guarding for attack carriers Ranger (CVA-61) and Hancock (CVA-19). As the Vietnam War became "hot" in late January she served...
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  • FF-1082 USS Thomas C. Hart FF-1092 Source: USS Ranger CV-61 USS Horne CG-30 USS Valley Forge CG-50 USS Princeton CG-59 USS Paul F. Foster DD-964 USS Harry...
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  • combat for the first time, operating from the attack aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61) over Vietnam. December 8 – American astronaut Robert Henry Lawrence...
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    Officers' School in addition to serving on USS Raleigh, USS Bonita and USS Plunger and commanding USS Falcon and USS Triton. Lieutenant Commander MacKenzie...
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