Ranger (CVA 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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A FORRESTAL CLASS ATTACK A RAFT EIGHTH 'RC CARRIER, f sl-HP T0 BEAR XTHE NAME RANGER

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if f Cn fhaf day in 7777 when the Congress of fhe Unifed Sfafes approved a nafional Hag of 73 sfars and 73 sfripes, a young Naval Capfain, born on fhe Scoffish Low- lands, was appoinfed by The Congress fo command fhe newly consfrucfed sloop-of- war, RANGER. John Paul Jones' command carried 18 guns, weighed 318 fons and measured 97 feef in lengfh. The original RANGER, named affer a Porfsmoufh, New Hampshire, milifia group called Roger's Rangers, was builf, ouffiffed and manned by a Porfsmoufh crew of 150 men. ln November of 1777, wifh a sfrong norfhwesf wind blowing, RANGER leff her New Hampshire anchorage and sailed Easf for her now famous expedifions against fhe Brifish, a new name had been infroduced fo Unifed Sfafes seapower. The fourfh RANGER, a fhree masfed boasfed unreliable and unpredicfable auxiliary sfeam poweri Q Buf, by fhe early 7900's fhe fransifion from sail fo sfea 0 ml -'fr , iron hulled gunboaf was complefe and RANGER of fhaf era, fhe sixfh, exem A 'V plified fhe new concepf in sea power. Recognizing fl., :sg pofenfials of fhe fragile World War I aircraff, fhe i'avy lm began a period of experimenfafion resulfing in fhe 1 A RANGER, CV-4, fhe firsf carrier I hull iup. As Naval demands have changed fhrougho. designed as such r P g years, so have fhe ships changed fo meef fhe rw' -1, 0. .,,,p .cu ,,' -w-IenQ9S- American seapower has progressed drafr-ygmgg.. A 'I I . from an 78 gun sloop in 7777 fo fhe orig., N' Rs?-AXA' 'ivy , A Smodern counferparf, a 60,000 fon super carrim- A of operafing more fhan 700 aircraff for the gi I fa ERN' I P- mainfaining our freedom of fhe seas. g . 3 1,