USS RANGER CVA-61

USS RANGER was the third ship in the FORRESTAL - class and the second carrier of the Navy to bear this name. USS RANGER was last homeported in San Diego, Calif. Currently, the RANGER is laid-up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Bremerton, Wash., awaiting future use as a museum ship at Portland, Oregon.

General Characteristics:	Keel Laid: August 2, 1954
	Launched: September 29, 1956
	Commissioned: August 10, 1957
	Decommissioned: July 10, 1993
	Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.
	Propulsion system: eight boilers
	Rudders: two
	Propellers: four
	Blades on each Propeller: five
	Aircraft elevators: four
	Catapults: four
	Arresting gear cables: four
	Length, overall: 1,063 feet (324 meters)
	Flight Deck Width: 250,3 feet (76.3 meters)
	Beam: 129 feet (39.3 meters)
	Draft: 37,7 feet (11.3 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 78,200 tons full load
	Speed: 30+ knots
	Aircraft: approx. 85
	Crew: Ship: approx. 2,700     Air Wing: 2,480
	Armament: three Mk 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, three 20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15

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