USS Ranger CV-61

Historical and Memorial Website

WELCOME!

Please note that the USS-RANGER.ORG website is undergoing some changes! Please be patient while all the changes are being made.

Welcome to the USS Ranger CV-61 Historical and Memorial Website. This site is dedicated to maintaining the history and record of the USS Ranger. On this site you will find not only interesting photographs of the Ranger, her crew and aircraft but a wide assortment of facts and information about the Ranger.

Remember all the information provided on the site had to be provided by someone! If you find something in accurate or a record that is not complete, please email the webmaster!

Did you know that the Ranger may have been decommissioned but she is still afloat? The USS Ranger Museum Foundation is working hard to make the a the Ranger a museum! Unfortunately this takes a lot of hard work and of course money. Any donation to the Ranger is greatly appreciated no matter how small. Please click here to help SAVE THE RANGER!

Remember the USS Oriskany CVA-34? "The Mighty O" She is now an artificial reef off the coast of Florida near Pensacola. Here are some pictures we found on the internet of her. Please don't let this happen to the Ranger! Help Support the Museum Foundation! It was only because of the diving community requesting and supporting that she be used as an artificial reef that she wasn't simply sunk in the middle of the ocean with no further purpose. Don't let the Ranger become target practice like the USS America!

This is a photo of the Mighty "O" sinking to be made an artificial reef.

The only photo found of the America's sinking.

USS America (CV-66) is at coordinates:

33°09′09″N 71°39′07″W / 33.1525, -71.651944

The Foundation is working hard to ensure that the Ranger becomes a museum and we are almost there! But we still need your support! Click here to find out how you can help!