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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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  • for scrapping in 1947. USS Ranger (CV-61) was an aircraft carrier, the largest in the world when launched in 1957. USV Ranger is an unmanned surface vehicle...
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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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    Enterprise. Scenes set on the Enterprise were actually filmed aboard the USS Ranger (CV-61) since the actual Enterprise was at sea during filming. The Enterprise...
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    Duncan was then given command of the Forrestal-class aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) on 7 May 1962. He served in that role until 20 May 1963. His next...
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    Station in Alameda, California. In 1965, the squadron joined the carrier USS Ranger, which left for Vietnam that December. Dengler was initially stationed...
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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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    during combat tours in southeast Asia aboard the carriers USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and USS Ranger (CV-61). An F-4B fighter jet flown by Grosvenor when he was...
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    at the Wayback Machine (Campaign to permanently berth the retired USS Ranger (CV-61) in Long Beach, CA) Silent Service – Submarine Warfare in WWII (Rare...
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  • the A4D Skyhawk, he was deployed twice to the Far East on board the USS Ranger (CV-61) attached to Carrier Air Group Nine. His squadron call sign was "Cyrano"...
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    forces and task groups served on Gonzo Station. USS Ranger (CV-61), USS Midway (CV-41) and USS Constellation (CV-64) were some of the first carriers on Gonzo...
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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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    tours with Fighter Squadron 92 aboard USS Constellation (CV-64) and Fighter Squadron 1 aboard USS Ranger (CV-61). Ellis was the first Commanding Officer...
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    their 1992 WESTPAC cruise on 3 November 1992. After relieving the USS Ranger CV-61 and CVW-2 on 18 December, VF-51 and the rest of the air wing took up...
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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 8 days after the end of...
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  • carrier USS Enterprise. The real Enterprise, out at sea at the time, was unavailable for filming, so the non-nuclear-powered carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) was...
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    served two operational deployments at sea aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) as a landing signal officer and weapons officer respectively. His...
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    This particular RA-5C was the last Vigilante to land aboard the USS Ranger (CV-61) while assigned to RVAH-7 in August 1979 during the last Vigilante...
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    New Jersey did sail with the aircraft carriers USS Ranger (CV-61) and USS Constellation (CV-64) and USS Thach (FFG-43) while deployed in 1986. According...
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    USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) - Initial testing and evaluation USS Kearsarge (CV-33) - Initial testing and evaluation USS Oriskany (CV-34) USS Ranger (CV-61)...
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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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    maintenance officer. Captain Cochran made one deployment on board the USS Ranger (CV-61). Following his department head tour, Captain Cochran was screened...
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  • SH-3H Sea King USS Antietam CG-54 - Ticonderoga Class VLS Class Cruiser Battle Group Echo Cruiser-Destroyer Group 5 USS Ranger CV-61 - Forrestal Class...
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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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    "USS Ranger (CV-4) - History, Specs and Pictures - Navy Ships". Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015. "USS Yorktown (CV 5)"...
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    Saratoga in the Red Sea before moving to the Persian Gulf to join USS Midway, USS Ranger (CV-61) and Theodore Roosevelt. VF-33 and VF-102 were the only Tomcat...
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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 Lao neutralist to the Pathet Lao in the Plaine de Jarres, Laos, USS Ranger (CV-61) transited to the South China Sea to support possible operations in...
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    (scrapped) Ranger class USS Ranger Yorktown class USS Enterprise Essex class (‡ extended bow) USS Essex USS Franklin USS Ticonderoga ‡ USS Randolph ‡ USS Bunker...
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  • assigned to VA-145 flying the Douglas A-1 Skyraider aboard USS Ranger (CV-61). In January 1966, Ranger reaches the coast of Vietnam to conduct combat operations...
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