Thompson, Ken, LCDR

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Current Service Status
USNR Retired
Current/Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Current/Last Primary NEC
152X-Aerospace Maintenance Duty Officer AMD
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Restricted Line Officer
Primary Unit
2011-2013, 152X, VFC-111 Sundowners
Previously Held NEC
AZ-0000-Aviation Maintenance Administrationman
AZ-6301-Enhanced Comprehensive Asset Manage Systems (ECAMS) Operator
AZ-6313-3-M System Data Analyst
8800-Maintenance Control
9502-Instructor
AVCM-8300-Aviation Maintenance Material Control Master Chief
633X-Limited Duty Officer - Aviation Maintenance
Service Years
1982 - 2013
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Decommissioning
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Antarctic Circle
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
Tailhook
Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander

 Official Badges 

Senior Chief Petty Officer of the Command Career Counselor Master Training Specialist US Navy Honorable Discharge




 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Navy Chief Initiated Navy Chief 100 Yrs 1893-1993 Persian Gulf Yacht Club

Cold War Medal Persian Excursion


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
American LegionVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)Navy Mustang AssociationKey West Council
Chapter 1District 5
  1983, American Legion - Assoc. Page
  1984, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA), Branch 261 (Member) (Lemoore, California) - Chap. Page
  1990, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) - Assoc. Page
  1998, Navy Mustang Association
  2002, Navy League of the United States, Key West Council (Member) (Key West, Florida) - Chap. Page
  2005, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 1 (Member) (Camden, Delaware) - Chap. Page
  2005, Navy Aviation Maintenance Duty Officer Association (AMDO)
  2009, Association of the United States Navy (AUSN), District 5 (Washington, DC, District Of Columbia)


 Remembrance Profiles -  1 Sailor Remembered

  1983-1984, AZ-0000, USS Ranger (CV-61)

AZ-Aviation Maintenance Administrationman

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Unit
USS Ranger (CV-61) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
NEC
AZ-0000-Aviation Maintenance Administrationman

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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 7736  
   

Last Updated: Mar 20, 2007
   
   
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USS Ranger (CV-61)
Drake, Ronald, PO1, (1973-1983) AZ AZ-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Greene, Garth, CPO, (1983-2007) AZ AZ-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
King, Donald-Leigh, PO3, (1979-1987) AZ AZ-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Myers, Lawrence, CDR, (1974-1994) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Reily, James, CAPT, (1971-1997) OFF 310X Lieutenant Commander
Schweiger, Jeffrey, LCDR, (1975-1994) OFF 132X Lieutenant Commander
Treude, Jeffrey, LCDR, (1974-1994) OFF 132X Lieutenant Commander
Griffith, Larry, LCDR, (1968-1989) OFF 619X Lieutenant
Kindred, James, LCDR, (1980-2000) NO 110X Lieutenant
O'Keefe III, John, CAPT, (1976-2006) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Williamson, Paul, CDR, (1969-2001) OFF 641X Lieutenant
Cedrun, Mark, CAPT, (1979-Present) OFF 111X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Kelch, David, CDR, (1969-2001) OFF 639X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Jewett, Chris, CAPT, (1971-2010) OFF 641X Ensign
Segal, Mark, LCDR, (1982-1997) OFF 111X Ensign
Crawley, Lowell B., CWO4, (1967-1997) OFF 736X Chief Warrant Officer 3
Tolson Sr., James, MCPO, (1961-1988) AM AM-8300 Master Chief Petty Officer
Walsh, Michael P., MCPO, (1956-1986) AD AFCM-8300 Master Chief Petty Officer
Brabant, Gary, CWO3, (1971-1996) AB ABH-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Johnson, George, SCPO, (1964-1994) MM MM-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Malmquist, Alan, LT, (1967-1994) YN YN-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Cain, Kelly, CPO, (1975-1996) AB ABE-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Engels, Jim, SCPO, (1968-1993) AS AS-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Haen, Paul, CPO, (1964-1984) PN PN-2526 Chief Petty Officer
Husarek, Michael, CPO, (1967-1989) HM HM-8432 Chief Petty Officer
Jury, Edward, CPO, (1975-1990) BT BT-4505 Chief Petty Officer
Kueffler, Douglas, CWO3, (1964-1995) PN PN-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Kyne, Dennis, CPO, (1969-1990) PH PH-8192 Chief Petty Officer
Laurin, Robert, CPO, (1977-1998) ABF ABF-7022 Chief Petty Officer
Mann, Chris, CPO, (1970-1992) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
McDaniel, Michael, MCPO, (1977-2002) DS DS-1615 Chief Petty Officer
Meyer, Richard, SCPO, (1965-1992) OS OS-0319 Chief Petty Officer
Nelson, Terry, CPO, (1966-1988) PC PC-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Ramos, Joe, CPO, (1971-1993) AT AT-6673 Chief Petty Officer
Roberts, William, CMDCM, (1972-2003) BM BM-0164 Chief Petty Officer
Wagner, William (daddywags), MCPO, (1970-1993) AB ABE-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Walsh, William, CWO4, (1974-2005) CT CT-9185 Chief Petty Officer
Winters, Brian, CPO AC AC-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Affonso, Richard, PO1, (1975-1984) AD AD-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Andres, Richard, SCPO, (1975-1996) CTI CTI-9201 Petty Officer First Class
Artrup, Larry, PO1, (1972-1992) AC AC-6902 Petty Officer First Class
Ayres, George, SCPO, (1973-1999) IC IC-4745 Petty Officer First Class
Behnke, Jon, PO1, (1969-1990) AS AS-7609 Petty Officer First Class
Bell, Alton, PO1, (1980-2000) IT IT-2318 Petty Officer First Class
Berrones, Steven, PO1, (1977-1997) OS OS-0321 Petty Officer First Class
Berry, Douglas, PO1, (1965-1987) AW AW-7846 Petty Officer First Class
Boucher, William, PO1, (1968-1988) AQ AQR-8324 Petty Officer First Class
Brindley, Timothy, PO1, (1981-1987) ET ET-1522 Petty Officer First Class
Cain, Bill, CPO, (1960-1987) RM RM-2342 Petty Officer First Class
CAPEL, EDWARD, PO1, (1978-1998) OS OS-0324 Petty Officer First Class
Coffman, Wilbur, LT, (1978-1997) MA MA-0812 Petty Officer First Class
Cooper, David, PO1, (1969-1989) SH SH-3154 Petty Officer First Class
Diosa, Joserizalito, PO1, (1980-2000) MS MS-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Easler, Brett, CAPT, (1978-2014) AC AC-6902 Petty Officer First Class
Faehnrich, David, LT, (1976-1999) IS IS-3905 Petty Officer First Class
Finley, Bruce, PO1, (1981-1994) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Fuller, Larry, LT, (1977-1997) AO AO-6802 Petty Officer First Class
Glans, Jeff, PO1, (1981-1996) PN PN-2612 Petty Officer First Class
Glass, Mike, PO1, (1963-1987) 00 00E Petty Officer First Class

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