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 ...

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has paid one red cent to transport and break apart a third super carrier -- USS Ranger (CV-61) -- after once again finding no takers willing to turn it into ...

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 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, Harmon went into full ...

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 ...

ISL previously dismantled the former USS Ranger (CV-61) and the former USS Independence (CV-62), and is in the running for the Navy contract to salvage the former USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the ...

including the USS Independence (CV 62), USS Ranger (CV 61) and USS Constellation (CV 64) were sent to Brownsville, Texas, for scrapping. The Kitty Hawk was decommissioned at PSNS in 2009 ...

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. I became a refugee.

“After eight years on donation hold, the USS Ranger Foundation was unable ... of the decommissioned aircraft carrier Ranger (CV 61) to International Shipbreaking Ltd. Under the contract, the ...

As a young adult, Stuart Keiner accepted an invitation to eat Thanksgiving dinner aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV 61). As a result of that visit, the Monroe High School graduate decided ...