CV-61 USS Ranger WESTERN PACIFIC & INDIAN OCEAN 1982

Namesake. Ranger, captained by John Paul Jones who sailed to harass the Royal Navy
Ordered. 1 Feb 1954
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding, VA
Cost. $182 million
Laid down. 2 Aug 1954
Launched. 29 Sep 1956
Acquired. 1 Aug 1957
Commissioned. 10 Aug 1957
Decommissioned. 10 Jul 1993
Reclassified. CV-61, Jun 1975
Stricken . 8 Mar 2004
Fate. Scrapped, 1 Nov 2017
Class and type. Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:
56,300 long tons (57,200 t) light
81,101 long tons (82,402 t) full load
Length. 1,046 ft (319 m)
Beam. 130 ft (40 m) waterline; 249 ft 6 in (76.05 m) extreme
Draft. 37 ft (11 m)
Propulsion:
4 geared turbines, 4 shafts, 280,000 shaft horsepower (210 MW)
8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Speed. 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Complement. 3,826 officers and men.
Sensors and processing systems:
AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar
AN/SPS-43 2D air search radar
AN/SPS-10 surface search radar
Electronic warfare & decoys. Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament:
8 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns (127 mm)
NATO Sea Sparrow
Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried. 70-90