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Petty Officer Second Class
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DC-0000-Damage Controlman
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Damage Controlman
Primary Unit
1992-1993, DC-0000, USS Ranger (CV-61)
Service Years
1990 - 1994
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Order of the Shellback Persian Gulf Yacht Club Cold War Medal Persian Excursion

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  1992-1993, DC-0000, USS Ranger (CV-61)

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December / 1993

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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

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Kallenberger, Darrin, PO3, (1989-1997) DC DC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Rhodus, Scott, PO3, (1990-1994) DC DC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Wiggs, Michael, PO2, (1990-1994) DC DC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Mondhink, Thom, PO3, (1991-1996) DC DC-0000 Fireman
Batzloff, Larry, LCDR, (1967-2002) OFF 655X Lieutenant Commander
Dolloff, Robert, LCDR, (1980-1997) OFF 310X Lieutenant Commander
Mullen, Steven, LCDR, (1968-1995) OFF 632X Lieutenant Commander
Bluestein, Keith, CDR, (1983-2004) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Hill, Rodney, CDR, (1980-2003) OFF 165X Lieutenant
Mitchell, Scott Gordon, CDR, (1982-2014) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Stueckemann, Daniel, LCDR, (1975-2003) OFF 132X Lieutenant
Vasquez, Jose, LCDR, (1983-1994) OFF 132X Lieutenant
Ross, Donald, CDR, (1984-Present) OFF 111X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Smith, Mark, LCDR, (1976-2005) OFF 612X Ensign
Wood, Robert, CWO3, (1976-1997) WO 712X Chief Warrant Officer 2
Macias, Andy, MCPO, (1971-2002) HT HT-4955 Master Chief Petty Officer
Richardson, Dana, MCPO, (1972-1996) FTG FTG-0000 Master Chief Petty Officer
Slavin, Mike, MCPO, (1965-1994) AT AVCM-8300 Master Chief Petty Officer
Sweat, Edward, MCPO, (1969-1995) RM RM-2312 Master Chief Petty Officer
Bohn, Larry, SCPO, (1972-1994) OS OS-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Brkic, Zeljko, SCPO, (1973-1999) AS AS-7609 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Cagayat, Benito, SCPO, (1966-1993) AK AK-8012 Senior Chief Petty Officer
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Kluwin, Tom, SCPO, (1972-1993) WT WT-1026 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Schnitzius, Michael, SCPO, (1968-1993) AG AG-7412 Senior Chief Petty Officer
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Cavin, Richard, MCPO, (1980-2002) AK AK-8012 Chief Petty Officer
Collins, Marvin, LCDR, (1978-2008) OS OS-0318 Chief Petty Officer
Crider, Marshell, CPO, (1977-1994) AE AE-0000 Chief Petty Officer
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Fettig, Bruce, CPO, (1981-1993) GM GMT-0926 Chief Petty Officer
Gonzalez, Jesus, CPO, (1972-2001) PC PC-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hardebeck, Herman, CPO, (1975-1996) AT AT-6673 Chief Petty Officer
Hopkins, John, CPO, (1981-2001) AK AK-8013 Chief Petty Officer
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