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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.
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 ...
USS Ranger (CV-4) was an interwar United States Navy aircraft carrier, the only ship of its class. As a Treaty ship , Ranger was the first U.S. vessel to be designed and built from the keel up as a carrier.
VF-302 and VF-301 deployed onto USS Ranger in January 1986, performing their first carrier qualifications in the F-14. Two years later the squadron got more carrier experience by spending 12 days on board USS Enterprise between 10 and 22 August 1988. VF-302 F-14 tail markings
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 ...
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
Between February 25 and August 24, 1991; the squadron made deployment to the Persian Gulf region in the aftermath of the Gulf War. On February 2, 1993, they deployed again to take part in Operation Southern Watch. [4] This was the last deployment that the KA-6D Tanker made with the US Navy, with VA-165 retiring it after their return. [3]
It made its first deployment aboard USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) in January 1953 participating in operations at the close of the Korean War. From 1954 to 1958, CVG-9 made an Around the World Cruise aboard USS Hornet (CV-12) and two Western Pacific deployments aboard USS Oriskany (CV-34) and USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) .