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	USS Ranger CVA-61 USN Aircraft Carrier
		Ranger spent the rest of the summer engaged in operations off the west coast, departing for her sixth WestPac cruise 27 September 1970.
		Ranger returned to Alameda in August 1973 and remained in that area through 7 May 1974 when she deployed again to the western Pacific, returning to homeport on 18 October.
		Ranger left the Persian Gulf on 4 December 1992 and steamed at high speed to the coast of Somalia.
	www.battle-fleet.com /pw/his/Ranger_USS_CV61.htm (2832 words)

	USS Ranger
		The second Ranger was a schooner mounting a single 18-pounder gun, purchased in 1814 and sold in 1816.
		The fifth Ranger was a steel yacht commissioned in 1917 and stricken 1918, subsequently serving in the Coast Guard.
		The sixth Ranger was a minesweeper built in 1882 and commissioned 11 September 1918, and used in coastal defense until returned to her owner 10 January 1919.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Ranger.html (214 words)

	USS Ranger CV 4
		Ranger conducted her first air operations off Cape Henry 6 August 1934and departed Norfolk the 17th for a shakedown training cruise that tookher to Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Montivideo.
		It was still dark at 0615 that day, when Ranger, stationed 30 miles northwestof Casablanea, began launching her aireraft to support the landings madeat three noints on the Atlantic coast of North Africa.
		Ranger departed Pearl Harbor 18 October to train pilots for combat duty.Operating out of San Diego under Commander Fleet Air, Alameda, she continuedtraining air groups and squadrons along the California coast throughoutthe remainder of the war.
	www.multied.com /Navy/Ranger.html (1159 words)

	USS "Ranger" (CV 4) Photo Gallery
		USS Ranger, a 14.500-ton aircraft carrier, was built at Newport News, Virginia, and commissioned in June 1934.
		Ranger was assigned to work with the British Home Fleet in the northeastern Atlantic from August into November 1943, during which time she launched strikes on German shipping along Norwegian coast.
		Ranger as she served in the Atlantic from 1941-1944, participated in the North African invasion, and the October, 1943 raid on Norway.
	www.warship.get.net.pl /StZjednoczone/Aircraft_Carriers/CV_1934_Ranger_class/_Ranger_photos.html (770 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Photo Index: USS RANGER (CVA-61)
		USS Ranger (CVA-61) catapults four F8U Crusader jet fighters in quick succession from her bow and waist catapults, during operations in the eastern Pacific, circa 1958.
		USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) steams past USS Ranger (CVA-61) in the South China Sea, 24 March 1965, during the early days of the air campaign against North Vietnam.
		USS Ranger (CVA-61) launches a bomb-laden A-7A "Corsair II" attack aircraft from one of her waist catapults, during operations in the Gulf of Tonkin in January 1968.
	www.navsource.org /archives/02/61.htm (0 words)

	USS Ranger (CV-61)
		RANGER was launched by flooding the graving dock on 29 September 1956.
		RANGER continued air strikes on enemy inland targets until 13 April when a fuel line broke, ignited, and engulfed her No. 1 main machinery room in flames.
		RANGER spent the rest of the summer engaged in operations off the west coast, departing for her sixth WestPac cruise 27 September.
	www.swordsmen.org /ranger.htm (1728 words)

	DANFS: USS Ranger (CV-4)
		The sixth Ranger (CV-4), the first ship of the Navy to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier was laid down 26 September 1931 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 25 February 1933, sponsored by Mrs.
		Ranger conducted her first air operations off Cape Henry 6 August 1934 and departed Norfolk the 17th for a shakedown training cruise that took her to Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo.
		On the afternoon of 4 October, Ranger was finally located by three German aircraft, but her combat air patrol shot down two of the enemy planes and chased off the third.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/CV/cv4.html (1335 words)

	USS Ranger (CV 61)
		While responding to the Entebbe/Uganda incident USS RANGER suffered a class Bravo fire in one of her shaft allies that disabled her port outboard shaft for 4 days until replacement parts could be flown in and installed.
		USS RANGER collided with the Liberian tanker FORTUNE suffering substantial damage but no injuries while the tanker is holed in the port side from the main deck to the waterline.
		The Navy launched 228 sorties from Ranger and USS MIDWAY (CV 41) in the Persian Gulf, from USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) enroute to the Gulf, and from USS JOHN F. (CV 60), and USS AMERICA (CV 66) in the Red Sea.
	www.united-states-navy.com /cvn/cv61.htm (3318 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Ranger (CV 61)
		Ranger put into Subic Bay 15 April and sailed on the 20th for Alameda, arriving home on 6 May. She entered the San Francisco Naval Shipyard 13 May 1965 and remained there under overhaul until 30 September.
		The Navy launched 228 sorties from Ranger and USS Midway (CV 41) in the Persian Gulf, from USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) enroute to the Gulf, and from USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), USS Saratoga (CV 60), and USS America (CV 66) in the Red Sea.
		On 19 December 1992, Ranger was relieved on station by USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and began her last long journey homeward to San Diego.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv61-ranger/cv61-ranger.html (0 words)

	USS Ranger
		Naval history of USS Ranger, American aircraft carrier, from launch to participation in major wars also notice board for naval historians and families of ex-crew of USS Ranger.
		USS Ranger supplied air cover for the Amphibious landings in French Morocco on the 8th November 1942.
		USS Ranger continued with the Royal Navy as part of the seocnd battle squadron until 1944 when she went for major refit.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /ranger.htm (715 words)

	USS Ranger (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ranger sailed for France on November 1 and arrived at Nantes on December 2, having taken two English prizes en route.
		Ranger departed Brest on April 11 and took or burned four vessels in the Irish Sea.
		Ranger returned to the United States under Lieutenant Thomas Simpson in company with Boston and, arriving at Portsmouth with three prizes on October 15, 1778.
	members.cox.net /tdshiflett/ships/data/sow/ranger_sow.html (458 words)

	USS Ranger, First Purpose Built Carrier Subject of New Book
		Ranger was the first American aircraft carrier to be designed and built as such, but it was determined to be too small for the U.S.'s emerging large carrier doctrine of the early 1940's.
		Ranger’s keel was laid down in Newport News, Va., Sept. 26, 1931, and it was commissioned June 4, 1934, at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
		By the end of the war, Ranger was training new air groups in carrier qualifications off the west coast of the United States for duty in the Pacific.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=10643 (682 words)

	Ranger
		Ranger's armor was deflecting most of the Europa's hits, while Ranger's shells crashed into the unarmored, but huge, expanses of Europa's hull.
		The lightly damaged Ranger actually deliberately rammed Europa and for the first time in many a year the cry of "Stand by to repel boarders" was heard.
		With a slight deviation in course, the subs caught Ranger in a cross-fire of torpedoes and she succumbed to subsequent flooding.
	www.combinedfleet.com /furashita/ranger_f.htm (520 words)

	USS RANGER CV4
		The problem, for Von Bulow and Germany, was that the USS Ranger was neither attacked nor sunk by Von Bulow.
		Torpedo 4 pilot John Palmer (flying a plane from the Ranger), taken prisoner after being shot down during a mission, stated after the war: "As a POW I was taken to Stalag Luft Three.
		Captain Gordon Rowe, Skipper of the Ranger, was interviewed about the German report of the sinking of the Ranger along the Norwegian coast.
	www.geocities.com /grssmann/ranger.html (620 words)

	ussforrestal
		On July 29, 1967 the USS Forrestal was operating off the coast of Vietnam, when a Zuni rocket accidentally fired from an F-4 Phantom into a parked and armed A-4 Skyhawk.
		USS Forrestal was decommissioned on 11 September 1993 in a ceremony at pier 6E at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
		USS Independence (CV 62) was commissioned as a "Forrestal Class" attack aircraft carrier (CVA 62) at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard, New York, on January 10, 1959.
	www.totalnavy.com /ussforrestal.htm (850 words)

	Amazon.com: USS Ranger: The Navy's First Flattop from Keel to Mast, 1934-1946: Books: Robert J. Cressman (Site not responding. Last check: )
		USS Ranger (CV-4) was the U.S. Navy’s first aircraft carrier to be built as such from the keel up.
		Ranger was the first large, fast fleet carrier built as such by any navy (as opposed to being converted from an existing hull), and the impressive thing is how much her designers got right, despite the limitations on her size because of funding.
		Cheerfully welcomed by planners, officers and pilots alike, Ranger was instrumental in defining and developing doctrine which provided a basis and broad outline for the operational employment of aircraft carriers and aircraft in the coming war.
	www.amazon.com /USS-Ranger-Navys-Flattop-1934-1946/dp/1574887203 (1841 words)

	USS Expedition Ship History
		The USS Ranger eventually got 8 crew members, and simming was scheduled to begin at the begining of March.
		Dmode, being the CO of the USS Ranger was given the President posistion.
		Andrew, being the XO of Ranger and CO of Maranda was given the Vice President posistion.
	members.tripod.com /~captnorther/ussexpeditionhistory.html (2881 words)

	The 'Shock Waves' Painting and History
		VF-2 was assigned to the USS Ranger (CV-61), and deployed to the Indian Ocean, to support the efforts during the Iran hostage crisis.
		In 1993, the USS Ranger was decommissioned, and VF-2 was one of three west coast squadrons chosen to upgrade to the new F-14D Super Tomcat.
		The first USS Ranger was built at Portsmouth, N.H. in 1777, with Captain John Paul Jones as the Commanding officer of this eighteen gun Continental frigate.
	www.highironillustrations.com /aviation/shockwave_1.html (571 words)

	History of the USS Ranger Serving Ship's Stores Throughout The Fleet. Reunion Groups, Associations, Museums and other ...
		The seventh Ranger (CVA-61), a Forrestal class aircraft carrier, was laid down 2 August 1954 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 29 September 1956; sponsored by Mrs.
		Ranger made only an 8-hour stop in Pearl Harbor 10 August, then hurried on to Subic Bay, thence to Yokosuka, Japan.
		Ranger returned to Alameda in August 1973 and has remained i n that area through January 1974.
	www.thegearlocker.com /ranger/history.htm (1320 words)

	CV-61 USS Ranger
		Ranger departed the Gulf of Tonkin 6 August for Subic Bay, thence steamedvia Yokosuka for Alameda, arriving on the 25th.
		Fromcarrier refresher training for CVW-2, Ranger proceeded to fleet exercise"Moon Festival." From 9 to 16 October, the carrier and her airwing participated in every aspect of a major fleet combat operation.
		On 12 July 1976, Ranger and her escort ships of Task Force 77.7 entered the Indian Ocean and were assigned to operate off the coast of Kenya in response to a threat of military action in Kenya by Ugandan forces.
	www.multied.com /navy/Cva61Ranger.html (2046 words)

	USS Mullinnix DD-944 - Ship Pictures
		USS Mullinnix DD-944 in Port of Spain, Trinidad - June 1958
		Alan Brown returning from the USS Ranger in 1958.
		Mullinnix in Highline operation with USS Van Voorhis DE-1028 - 1958.
	www.ussmullinnix.org /1958Pictures.html (153 words)

	Train Whistle USS Higbee DDR/DD 806 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was the USS Ranger It seems that every time we would start to break away the Ranger would Play The Lone Ranger theme song and some smooth voiced dude would holler out "High Ho Silver Away".
		Just when the Ranger would cut in their PA system to blow us away, we would kick Higbee in the butt and jerk the long nylon lanyard to the Train Whistle.
		The CO screamed down the starboard side of the ranger and not one bar of their theme song was heard until the MR holding the lanyard let go it.
	www.usshigbee.com /Train_Whistle/whistle.html (1059 words)

	USS Enterprise (CVN-65) - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
		The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was a US Navy aircraft carrier in the 20th and 21st centuries and the second carrier to bear the name.
		The portrait of her World War II predecessor was on the famous USS Enterprise's recreation deck.
		In Star Trek IV, the "part" of USS Enterprise was actually filled by the conventionally-powered USS Ranger (CV-61, Forrestal-class), because Enterprise was on deployment at the time of the movie's filming.
	memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65) (446 words)

	PH-3 Jack Lever - USS RANGER CVA-61
		The USS Ranger CVA-61 was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel to carry this proud name.
		The recording of this crucial information was the job of Naval photographers like PH-3 Jack Lever who served onboard the USS Ranger between 1957 and 1959.
		The USS Ranger CVA-61 and USS Lexington CVA-16 docked at Alameda, California.
	www.compoa.com /ranger.htm (364 words)

	USS Ranger - Definition, explanation
		The eighth Ranger (CVA-61) was also an aircraft carrier, the largest in the world when launched in 1957, decommissioned 1993 and presently mothballed, although some groups have expressed interest in making her into a museum ship.
		Additionally, Ranger (CC-4) was laid down in 1921, but canceled and scrapped prior to completion.
		Ranger-A, The USS Ranger-A, NCC-0821, is a Nebula class starship.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/u/us/uss_ranger.php (501 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Ranger (CV 4)
		Ranger conducted her first air operations off Cape Henry 6 August 1934 and departed Norfolk the 17th for a shakedown training cruise that took her to Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo.
		It was still dark at 0615 that day, when Ranger, stationed 30 miles northwest of Casablanca, began launching her aircraft to support the landings made at three points on the Atlantic coast of North Africa.
		On the afternoon of 4 October, Ranger was finally located by three German aircraft, but her combat air patrol shot down two of the enemy planes and chased off the third.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv04-ranger/cv04-ranger.html (0 words)

	Virtual Globetrotting: Aircraft Carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61)
		Ranger was the first aircraft carrier in the world to be laid down as an angled-deck ship (her elder sisters Forrestal and Saratoga had been laid down as axial-deck ships and were converted for an angled deck while under construction).
		Ranger was decommissioned on 10 July 1993, and is at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington.
		As of 2004,a nonprofit organization is working to bring ex-Ranger to Portland, Oregon to serve as a naval and aerospace museum, educational center, and a setting for special events.
	virtualglobetrotting.com /map/28674 (177 words)

	USS Arizona National Memorial - For Teachers (U.S. National Park Service)
		Junior Ranger’s not only earn a badge, but they learn the story of December 7, 1941 and gain an appreciation for the USS Arizona Memorial.
		This lesson was written by John Vierra, Jr., park ranger, USS Arizona Memorial.
		The Pearl Harbor survivors who volunteer at the USS Arizona Memorial tell their story to the public; they truly are living history.
	www.nps.gov /usar/forteachers/index.htm (572 words)

	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home mistakes, goofs and bloopers
		Factual error: When Chekov and Uhura first see USS Enterprise and then later beam aboard, the carrier shown is not USS Enterprise (a nuclear aircraft carrier), but rather USS Ranger (a conventional or oil-fired carrier).
		USS Enterprise has the most distinctive and unique island of all the USN carriers, being totally cube-like in appearance.
		Chekhov is being interrogated on the USS Enterprise (the aircraft carrier) after being caught on board, a studio microphone being used for the shot is visible hanging above him.
	www.moviemistakes.com /film1220 (0 words)

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