Hebert, Darrell, BTCS

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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
BT-4505-Steam Propulsion Maintenance Supervisor
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Boiler Technician
Primary Unit
1994-1996, BT-4505, ATG Norfolk, VA (Staff), Afloat Training Group Atlantic (Staff)
Previously Held NEC
BT-0000-Boiler Technician
BT-4513-Automatic Combustion Control (General Regulator) Maintenanceman
BT-9508-Recruit/Assistant Recruit Company Commander/Recruit Instructor
Service Years
1975 - 1996
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Decommissioning
Neptune Subpoena
Operation Enduring Freedom
Order of the Ditch
Order of the Rock
Order of the Magellan
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Golden Shellback
Order of the Golden Dragon
Panama Canal
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
Safari To Suez
Suez Canal
BT-Boiler Technician
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Recruit Company Commander Master Training Specialist US Navy Retired 30 US Navy Retired 20

Afloat Training Specialist US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Order of the Golden Shellback Navy Chief Initiated Navy Chief 100 Yrs 1893-1993

Persian Gulf Yacht Club Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose) Cold War Medal Order of the Golden Dragon

Persian Excursion Cold War Veteran Cold War Veteran


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Plankowners
  1982, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) - Assoc. Page
  2022, Plankowners of the National Museum of the Surface Navy, Plankowners (United States) - Chap. Page


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  1980-1981, BT-4513, USS Ranger (CV-61)

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USS Ranger (CV-61) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
NEC
BT-4513-Automatic Combustion Control (General Regulator) Maintenanceman

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
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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YN Pierson, Al (USview, NTWS Chief Admin ), YN2 7742 
   

Last Updated: Nov 21, 2007
   
   
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USS Ranger (CV-61)
Silva, Louis, FN, (1981-1985) BT BT-4513 Fireman
Finley, Bruce, PO1, (1981-1994) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Harrison, Richard, PO1, (1974-1982) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Nelson, Ronald, SCPO, (1966-1993) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Corey, Lionel, PO2, (1978-1982) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Rickard, Adam, PO2, (1980-1986) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Turner, William, PO2, (1981-1986) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Akin, James, PO3, (1979-1983) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Engelking, John, PO3, (1980-1995) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Fisk, Howard, PO3, (1976-1983) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Fisk, Howard, PO3, (1976-1983) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Huber, Kenneth, PO3, (1981-1986) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Sage, Donald, PO1, (1980-1996) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Willoughby, Louis, PO3, (1975-1980) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
McKenna, Paul, FN, (1977-1981) BT BT-4503 Fireman
Zacarias, Michael, FN, (1978-1983) BT 4503 Fireman
Townsend, Michael, FA, (1981-1983) BT BT-0000 Fireman Apprentice
Froedge, Rodney, FR, (1980-1984) BT BT-0000 Fireman Recruit
Bostwick, Steven, CDR, (1977-1997) OFF 111X Commander
Sego, Tom, CDR, (1965-1988) OFF 111X Commander
MacDonell, Rory, LCDR, (1968-1994) OFF 132X Lieutenant Commander
MacDonell, Rory, LCDR, (1968-1994) OFF 132X Lieutenant Commander
Rickman, Loy, LCDR, (1960-1982) OFF 132X Lieutenant Commander
White, Robert, CAPT, (1960-1995) OFF 132X Lieutenant Commander
Curran, John, LCDR, (1976-1995) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Kindred, James, LCDR, (1980-2000) NO 110X Lieutenant
O'Keefe III, John, CAPT, (1976-2006) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Robison, Lee, LCDR, (1979-1989) OFF 410X Lieutenant
Williamson, Paul, CDR, (1969-2001) OFF 641X Lieutenant
Berry, Bill, LCDR, (1961-1989) OFF 616X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Foley, Byron, CDR, (1977-1997) OFF 163X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Kelch, David, CDR, (1969-2001) OFF 639X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Peterson, Roy, CDR, (1968-2002) OFF 632X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Jaster, Raymond, PO3, (1976-1980) AO AO-0000 Other Service Rank
Crawley, Lowell B., CWO4, (1967-1997) OFF 736X Chief Warrant Officer 3
Walsh, Michael P., MCPO, (1956-1986) AD AFCM-8300 Master Chief Petty Officer
Williams, Tom, CMDCM, (1961-1985) CMC 9580 Command Master Chief Petty Officer
Freitas Jr., John, MCPO, (1956-1989) RM RM-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Moss, Fred, CMDCM, (1970-1998) AC AC-6902 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Carlson, Curtis, MCPO, (1969-1994) IS IS-3901 Chief Petty Officer
Kueffler, Douglas, CWO3, (1964-1995) PN PN-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Laurin, Robert, CPO, (1977-1998) ABF ABF-7022 Chief Petty Officer
McGregor, Alan Mark, CPO, (1967-1988) AO AO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
McKee, Michael, CPO, (1971-1991) OS OS-0318 Chief Petty Officer
Ramos, Joe, CPO, (1971-1993) AT AT-6673 Chief Petty Officer
Scherff, Charles, SCPO, (1971-1991) AB ABH-9508 Chief Petty Officer
Winters, Brian, CPO AC AC-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Arnold, Bill, CAPT, (1974-2008) ET ET-1589 Petty Officer First Class
Artrup, Larry, PO1, (1972-1992) AC AC-6902 Petty Officer First Class
Bell, Alton, PO1, (1980-2000) IT IT-2318 Petty Officer First Class
Boucher, William, PO1, (1968-1988) AQ AQR-8324 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, (1966-1997) MA MA-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Coffman, Wilbur, LT, (1978-1997) MA MA-0812 Petty Officer First Class
Drake, Ronald, PO1, (1973-1983) AZ AZ-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Gordon, Tony, PO1, (1972-1992) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Gussman, Richard, CPO, (1973-1996) AM AM-7225 Petty Officer First Class
Hantzsche, Don, PO1, (1975-1981) DS DS-0000 Petty Officer First Class

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