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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.
Oldest continuously active aircraft squadron in the U.S. Navy. Ranger's VB squadron was redesignated VS-41(2nd) to replace VS-41(1st) when it was redesignated a VF squadron (VF-42) VS-42 Establishment and disestablishment unknown listed in 'Status of Naval Aircraft' for July 1937. [20] Assigned to USS Ranger as one of two VS squadrons VS-5
Squadrons were assigned variously to the Aircraft Carriers USS Langley (CV 1), USS Lexington (CV 2), USS Saratoga (CV 3) and USS Ranger (CV 4) as needed to continue the development of ship based aircraft operations and tactics. VF-1B (first use) Top Hatters TS-1 F2B F4B: Air Det Pac Flt: Sep 1919-15 Jun 1920 VT-5(1st): 15 Jun 1920-7 Sep 1921
Commissioned in 1959, the USS Independence (CVA 62) was the fourth and final Forrestal-class carrier. ... Commissioned in 1957, the USS Ranger (CVA 61) was active from the Vietnam War to Operation ...
He has deployed aboard USS America (CVA-66), USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS Ranger (CVA-61), USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). His command tours began in 1980 with the Light Attack Weapons School in Lemoore, California.
After his second tour with the "Blues", Voris rounded out his career by going on to skipper VF-191, and (after being promoted to the 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.
VF-142 group photo from the USS Ranger 1959 Western Pacific cruise. Evans is in the back row, fourth from the left Evans is in the back row, fourth from the left Evans became a fighter pilot with Fighter Squadron 142 ( VF-142 ), which was based at Naval Air Station Miramar in California , although it was still aboard the aircraft carrier USS ...
Anthony Albert Less [2] (born August 31, 1937) is a vice admiral in the United States Navy.He was Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet from 1991 to 1994. [3] He is an alumnus of Leetonia High School in Leetonia, Ohio [1] and Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio.