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Last Rank
Master Chief Petty Officer
Last Primary NEC
AM-8300-Aviation Maintenance Material Control Master Chief
Last Rating/NEC Group
Aviation Structural Mechanic, Structures
Primary Unit
1986-1988, AM-8300, COMTRAWING 4
Service Years
1961 - 1988
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Decommissioning
Plank Owner
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Personal Details
Home State
Texas
Year of Birth 1944
This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Richard Tolson (Big Rick), AM1
to remember
Tolson Sr., James (Towbar), AFCM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Last Address Corpus Christi Temple Houston NAS Miramar
Date of Passing Oct 09, 2005
Location of Interment *Cremated - Local, Texas
Wall/Plot Coordinates Ashes scattered in the bay.
Last Known Activity:
Maintenance Control Supervisor For VT-27
Other Comments:
L3 contract maint, NAS Corpus Christi
From Month/Year - / 1984
To Month/Year - / 1986
Unit USS Ranger (CV-61) Unit Page
Rank Master Chief Petty Officer
NEC AM-8300-Aviation Maintenance Material Control Master Chief
Base, Station or City NAS MiramarState/Country California
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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:
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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: Dec 29, 2007