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USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Current/Last Primary NEC
630X-Limited Duty Officer - Aviation
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1992-1995, VRC-30 Providers
Service Years
1972 - 1995
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Enduring Freedom
What are you doing now:
Married in Daytona Beach, Fl. 6 grand children. Flying for Netjets as a Gulfstream Captain and loving every minute of it.
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From Month/Year - / 1985
To Month/Year - / 1987
Unit USS Ranger (CV-61) Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant
NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City San DiegoState/Country California
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USS RANGER (CVA-61)
(later CV-61)
CLASS - FORRESTAL
Displacement 56,000 Tons, Dimensions, 1039' (oa) x 129' 1" x 37' (Max)
Armament 8 x 5"/54, 100 Aircraft.
Armor, Unknown.
Machinery, 280,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 3800 - 4280.
Namesake History
CVA-61 was named after "famous ships of the past" that had borne the name Ranger .
The first American Ranger was an 18-gun Continental Navy sloop, launched on 10 May 1777 by James K. Hackett, master shipbuilder, at Portsmouth, NH. Captain John Paul Jones in command.
Ranger vs. HMS Drake , 24 April 1778. Ranger captures the British sloop-of-war Drake , 20, Commander George Burdon, in an hour's action off Carrickfergus, Ireland.
Previous Ranger s:
Continental Navy sloop .
An armed schooner .
A brigantine .
A steam-powered gunboat .
A steel-hulled patrol craft .
A wooden patrol craft .
A canceled battle cruiser , originally named Lexington .
A canceled battle cruiser , renamed Constitution .
The first American aircraft carrier designed and built as such from the keel up.
Source: https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/61.htm
Builder:
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia, USA
STATUS:
Awarded: February 1, 1954
Laid down: August 2, 1954
Launched: September 29, 1956
Commissioned : August 10, 1957
Decommissioned: July 10, 1993
Fate: planned for use as a museum-ship
Homeport:
-
Namesake:
-
Crest Motto:
-
Displacement:
approx. 59500 tons (light) / 79000 tons (full)
Length:
325 meters
Beam:
76,80 meters
Draft:
11,30 meters
Propulsion:
4 geared steam turbines; 8 boilers; 4 shafts; 4 screws;
280000 shaft horsepowers (shp);
Speed:
30+ knots (55+ km/h)
Crew:
approx. 5200 (incl. airwing)
Armament:
see: INFO > Forrestal – class Aircraft Carrier
Aviation :
full flight deck with island, up to 85 aircraft
For the USS Ranger long naval history, please click the link below:
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/r/ranger-x.html
Type
Surface Vessel
Parent Unit
Forrestal-class
Strength
Aircraft Carrier
Created/Owned By
YN Pierson, Al (USview, NTWS Chief Admin ), YN2 7685
Last Updated: Jun 6, 2018
Best Friends John "precious" Higgins Dana Troyer Allen "Bird" Peliguin
Best Moment Received commendation medal from Admiral McGrail for duties as TAO Checking Off the ship in Hong Kong
Worst Moment Being designated Ops 3M coordinator
Other Memories Shellback initiation as a LT Beer Day coordinator in the I.O.