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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 ships of the class were completed with angled decks , Ranger had the distinction of being the first US carrier built from the beginning as an angled-deck ship.
VAQ-134 moved back to the Pacific deploying aboard the USS Constellation as part of CVW-9 in the Indian Ocean in 1982. This included taking part in exercises with USS Midway and USS Ranger. Grumman EA-6B Prowlers of VAQ-134 in flight, in 1983. Starting from September 1982, VAQ-134 would join Carrier Air Wing 15 (CVW-15) for 13 years. [7]
The Forrestal class was the first completed class of "supercarriers" of the Navy, so called because of their then-extraordinarily high tonnage (75,000 tons, 25% larger than the post-World War II-era Midway class), full integration of the angled deck, very large island, and most importantly their extremely strong air wing (80–100 jet aircraft, compared to 65–75 for the Midway class and ...
In 1986, VS-38 and CVW-2 deployed on what would be the first of many deployments on the USS Ranger. During these deployments, CVW-2 became dubbed 'The Grumman Air Wing' due to absence of other non-Grumman aircraft besides the S-3 Viking and the Sea King ASW Helicopter (the LTV A-7E Corsair II and the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet ), instead ...
USS Ranger (CV-4) 8 January 1946, U.S. Navy Letter FF12-5 The USS Ranger was decommissioned on 18 October 1946. VO-2B 7 November 1946, U.S. Navy Letter ACL 156-46 VP-HL-13 Re-designated VP-25 7 November 1946, U.S. Navy Letter ACL 156-46 Disestablished in January 1950. HEDRON-14, Headquarters Squadron Marine Air Group 14
VF-1 left Enterprise after this deployment, when the carrier entered her mid-life conversion in January 1979. F-14A Tomcats from VF-1 in the 1970s. In September 1980, both VF-1 and VF-2 were reassigned to CVW-2. The air wing stayed aboard USS Ranger for two deployments before being reassigned to USS Kitty Hawk for one cruise. In 1984, VF-1 had ...
VAH-2 Douglas A-3 Skywarrior on USS Ranger in 1965 An EA-18G of VAQ-132 in 2009 Electronic Warfare Squadron 132 can trace its history back to Patrol Squadron 911 (VP-911, later VP-29), established in 1946.
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 W. Hill DD-986; USS Jarrett FFG-33; USS Francis Hammond FF-1067; USS Ranger had a very different air wing compared to most carriers in the Gulf War as it was in the 'Grumman Air Wing' format. This meant it didn't have the F/A-18 ...