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 bridged ...

The USS Ranger's last voyage will cost the Navy a penny -- and one of its most legendary aircraft carriers. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has paid one red cent to transport and break apart a ...

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 that same ship ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CVA-61), introduced in the mid-1950s, was the third Forrestal-class supercarrier and the first U.S. aircraft carrier designed from the outset with an angled ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The former aircraft carrier USS Ranger is expected to reach a South Texas shipyard this weekend as the vessel faces the scrapyard. The Brownsville Herald reports the Ranger ...

The Navy has paid a Texas ship breaker $0.01 to transport and dismantle the third American super carrier — Ranger (CV-61), according to a Monday statement from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). The ...

The US Navy’s history is replete with tales of mighty ships that have shaped the course of naval warfare. However, some of these ships, despite their significant impact, met an untimely end, being ...

It was about three weeks ago that former Navy surgical corpsman Robert Harmon heard the news. The supercarrier USS Ranger CV-61 was going to be stripped for metal and parts. “When it went for scrap, ...