Barton, David, LCDR

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Current Service Status
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
Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander

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Order of the Shellback


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)
  1995, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
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.
   
Other Comments:
   
  1985-1987, USS Ranger (CV-61)

Lieutenant

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 Diego
State/Country
California
  
 
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 USS Ranger (CV-61) Details

USS Ranger (CV-61)

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 Rangers:

  1. Continental Navy sloop.
  2. An armed schooner.
  3. A brigantine.
  4. A steam-powered gunboat.
  5. A steel-hulled patrol craft.
  6. A wooden patrol craft.
  7. A canceled battle cruiser, originally named Lexington.
  8. A canceled battle cruiser, renamed Constitution.
  9. 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 7742 
   

Last Updated: Jun 6, 2018
   
Memories For This Unit

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.
   
   
Yearbook
 
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Clark, Ray, LCDR, (1966-1991) OFF 111X Lieutenant Commander
Danner, Paul, CAPT, (1978-2009) Lieutenant Commander
Schweiger, Jeffrey, LCDR, (1975-1994) OFF 132X Lieutenant Commander
Treude, Jeffrey, LCDR, (1974-1994) OFF 132X Lieutenant Commander
Young, Robert, CAPT, (1972-2003) OFF 132X Lieutenant Commander
Baker, Robert, LT, (1970-1990) OFF 132X Lieutenant
Bass, James, CDR, (1971-2000) Lieutenant
Breier, Tim, LCDR, (1977-2000) OFF 230X Lieutenant
Bush, Scott, LCDR, (1983-2003) Lieutenant
Curtis, Frederick, CDR, (1982-2004) OFF 130X Lieutenant
Higgins, John, CDR, (1969-2000) OFF 151X Lieutenant
Hopkins, Mark, LCDR, (1975-1994) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Jennings, R.C., CAPT, (1985-2016) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Manuma, Lene, LCDR, (1968-1997) OFF 619X Lieutenant
Roberson, Vernan, LT, (1984-1991) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Slaughter, Phillip, LT, (1973-1986) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Some, Robert, LT, (1985-1996) Lieutenant
Troyer, Daane, LCDR, (1972-1993) OFF 154X Lieutenant
Brady, Jr., M.D., Charles Eldon, CAPT, (1986-2006) OFF 210X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Cedrun, Mark, CAPT, (1979-Present) OFF 111X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Goins, Randy, LCDR, (1975-1998) OFF 641X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Nye, Robert J., LTJG, (1962-1987) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Oliver, David, CDR, (1985-2007) OFF 111X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Rader, Arthur, LCDR, (1973-2001) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Young, C. J., CDR, (1981-2010) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Cabreira, Joe, LCDR, (1974-2001) OFF 638X Ensign
Jewett, Chris, CAPT, (1971-2010) OFF 641X Ensign
Jones, Dorian, CAPT, (1984-2007) Ensign
Patzman, Mark, LCDR, (1986-2007) OFF 310X Ensign
Huskey, Ralph, CWO4, (1960-1987) Chief Warrant Officer 4
Daniel, Dwight, CWO4, (1970-1998) Chief Warrant Officer 2
Huff, Gerald, CWO3, (1971-1993) OFF 713X Chief Warrant Officer 2
Leonard, Michael, CWO2, (1967-1990) OFF 741X Chief Warrant Officer 2
Richardson, R L, MCPO Master Chief Petty Officer
Tolson Sr., James, MCPO, (1961-1988) AM AM-8300 Master Chief Petty Officer
Barral, Paul, SCPO Senior Chief Petty Officer
Brabant, Gary, CWO3, (1971-1996) AB ABH-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Couch, Marc, SCPO, (1985-2008) OS OS-0319 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Hutchins, James, SCPO, (1967-1993) FC FC-1157 Senior Chief Petty Officer
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Welch, Billy, SCPO, (1983-2007) Senior Chief Petty Officer
Wible, Forrest Bryant, SCPO, (1970-1990) DS DS-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Wyatt, Charles, MCPO, (1961-1991) ABH ABH-9508 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Balangon, Sixto, CPO, (1967-1988) BT BT-4512 Chief Petty Officer
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Bennett, William, MCPO, (1972-2003) Chief Petty Officer
Bird, Dennis, SCPO, (1972-1994) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Buehrle, Gregory, SCPO, (1972-1993) Chief Petty Officer
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