Ranger (CV 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE Y RD In early October of 1966, the more acute natives of Bremerton, Wiashing- ton, sensed a new and disturbing in- truder in their midst. Occupying Dry- dock jj 6, the haze grey bulk of the USS Ranger stoically awaited internal sur- gery at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard bordering the town. Soon recovering from their awe, the 40,000 citizens of Bremerton,found themselves hard put to supply suflicient amusement for three thousand stalwart Rangermen who had just sufferred the privations of a Viet- nam cruise. Several local establish- ments tried manfully, nonetheless, and names like the Rendezvous, the Crows Nest, and the Roxy Theatre will live in Ranger hearts forever. Yet, despite their efforts, and the painful fact that many sailors were under twenty-one, most of the crew were driven either across the Sound to populous Seattle or to sitting near their windows, counting raindrops. Life aboard the ship, meanwhile, was less than idyllic. Yard workers, arrayed in highly original workclothes, scuttled around like ants over a cupcake, shut- ting off pipes leading to showers and clogging the, passageways with torn masses of wire or hose. The yardbirds themselves were often quite friendly, although they occasionally disappeared in mid-conversation when gilt is now whistle timew sounded over the TMC. Things were just a little bit grittier than usualmprobably from all that drilling and paint scrapping. You could get used to that. tl1ough...it was the clink of the chipping hammers. the whining of the sandblasters. and the chirring of the deck crawlers that really snarled nervous systems. D As the months drizzled by. however. a slight but notieible anticipation grew around the edges of peopleis minds. The Ranger was almost ready. J l

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