Roe, Ernest, AKC

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Last Primary NEC
AK-9549-Acquisition Logistics Specialist
Last Rating/NEC Group
Aviation Storekeeper
Primary Unit
1972-1975, AK-0000, Naval Station (NAVSTA) Bremerton, WA
Service Years
1955 - 1975
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
Great Lakes
AK-Aviation Storekeeper
Five Hash Marks

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Home Country
United States
United States
Year of Birth
1937
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by Carlos Roe, LCDR to remember Roe, Ernest (Ernie), CPO USN(Ret).

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Contact Info
Home Town
Three Forks
Date of Passing
Oct 26, 2010
 

 Official Badges 

U.S. Navy Chief Master-at-Arms


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Golden Shellback Navy Chief Initiated P-3 2,500 HRS Order of the Golden Dragon

S-3 1,000 HRS C-130 Hercules 2000 Hour Logistics Management Excellence Award




 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

Playing golf and drinking some bourbon with Ben Hogan

   
Other Comments:

My father was a great man who dedicated 43 years to the Navy and Lockheed Martin. He provided support all over the world to ensure that aviation maintenance could continue and would support the fight.

He will be missed..........God bless him and we know he is in a better place

   

  1956-1958, USS Ranger (CV-61)
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Unit
USS Ranger (CV-61) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class

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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. brigantine.
  4. 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 7736 
   

Last Updated: Dec 3, 2010
   
   
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10 Members Also There at Same Time
USS Ranger (CV-61)

Olson, Arnie, CPO Chief Petty Officer
Mullis, Bruce, Mid, (1941-1966) Midshipman
Jackson, Beamon, PO2, (1954-1962) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Prunty, Jim, PO2, (1956-1960) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Summers, Ermal Neil, MCPO, (1956-1978) GF GF-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Schaefer, Lester GM GM-0000 Seaman First Class
Shows, John, S1c, (1957-1961) BM BM-0000 Seaman First Class
FLEMING, DANNY, PO1, (1957-1978) SH SH-0000 Seaman
Danuloff, Ronald, SA, (1956-1958) TE TE-0000 Seaman Apprentice
Sennett., Robert Russell, SCPO, (1957-1973) Airman

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