USS Ranger CVA-61

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Comment by michael michalak on April 30, 2013 at 7:45pm

the ranger was by far my best command, i was CMAA from sept of'90 until i retired in may of'92.

Comment by Ken Estes on April 5, 2013 at 11:10am

Aloha Terry,

Thank you Terry and all else who contributed.  The Foundation really tried but without $millions vs $'s it could not gain traction.   I have partnered with another Rangerman--John Slaughter, to produce a memorial, History and Reunion website www.uss-ranger.org to keep the memories alive.  Thanks to all.

Shutterbug

Ranger OP Div, Photo Lab 1959

Comment by Ken Estes on April 5, 2013 at 11:07am

$14 million and a pier to tie up at.   It is too late, unless you have the money and the location--let me know and we will bust buns with Congress to get her saved!

Comment by Francis Kenneth Leach, Jr. on April 4, 2013 at 9:14pm

How much wwould a group have to raise to save the Ranger?

Comment by Terry A. Chapman on April 4, 2013 at 8:53pm

Aloha Ken,
Sorry to hear this. I know you have worked long and hard to get this done, and to have it unravel in the 11th hour is very frustrating. Mahalo for all of your hard work!

Chappy C.
Ranger V-2 85-86

Comment by Ken Estes on April 4, 2013 at 8:33pm

Been a while since I posted (Feb 2011)   This is sad news I bring.  I retired shortly after I made this post, leaving the effort in I hoped better hands.  After 13 years of trying to save Ranger, they had a location and were starting to raise money.  But they forgot one thing--The BNSF RR bridge at Vancouver.  When they could not get through they failed to convience NAVSEA they every had a chance, and NAVSEA pulled the donation hold and posted Ranger for dismantling.  I joined another group and we tried every port that had rejected us in 2001---only to find they still rejected us.  Sorry guys, No Port, No Money and now No Ship.  I hurt to say this as I spent twice as much time to save her as I spent in the Navy.  However there is a great group of guys in the Ranger Reunion Association (www.uss-ranger.org/reunion/  Dues are low cost, message on reuniting shipmates--they have convention every year just to have fun.  Not like  having our ship but.   Oh, about the group in Fairview, they are in the process of changing their name and will attempt to get a smaller ship.

Comment by Francis Kenneth Leach, Jr. on April 4, 2013 at 4:50pm

USS RANGER STATIC DISPLAY

http://ussranger.org/

Comment by Danny Loyd on April 4, 2013 at 4:30pm

Does anyone know if we are still working on getting the Ranger as a museum ship in OR.? I have not heard anything about this in sometime. I believe I remember reading that it had been put on hold and the online ship store was closed. Could someone clarify this for me.

Thanks,

Danny Loyd RM2

Ranger from 4/9/79 to 2/11/81

Comment by David Giles on April 4, 2013 at 3:53pm

Assigned to Ranger in 1958 thru 1959 and was in G division.  Have Radiation problems from some of the hardware that we supported. 

Comment by Rob Ankenbrandt on March 19, 2013 at 2:05pm

Assigned to the Ranger from 85 - 88

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