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Cryptologic Technician Collection
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Service Details
Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
CTR-9132-Cryptologic Surface Warfare Systems Supervisor
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Cryptologic Technician Collection
Primary Unit
2005-2007, CTN-9302, USS George Washington (CVN-73)
Previously Held NEC
CT-9141-Intermediate Noncommunications Collection and Analysis Technician
IS-0000-Intelligence Specialist
CTN-9302-Cryptologic Network/Systems Administrator
Service Years
1986 - 2007
Other Languages
Russian
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Desert Storm
Cold War
Decommissioning
Neptune Subpoena
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Golden Shellback
Order of the Golden Dragon
Persian Excursion
Sandbox Sailor Operation Iraqi Freedom
What are you doing now:
Here I am Lord. Send me.
Other Comments:
Here Lies John Adams of Southwell.
John Adams lies here, of the parish of Southwell,
A carrier who carried his can to his mouth well;
He carried so much, and he carried so fast,
He could carry no more so he was carried at last;
For, the liquor he drank, being too much for one,
He could not carry off, so now he's carrion.
- Lord Byron
Anderson, Nels, PO2 , (1986-1998)
From Month/Year August / 1991
To Month/Year January / 1992
Unit USS Ranger (CV-61) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer Second Class
NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not SpecifiedState/Country Not Specified
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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:
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Crest Motto:
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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 7687
Last Updated: Mar 6, 2012