Welcome aboard the USS Ranger (CVA/CV-61) History 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 Ranger, her crew and aircraft but a wide assortment of facts and information about Ranger and her predecessors.

All information on the site has been provided by someone! If you find something is inaccurate or a record that is not complete, please e-mail the deck boss!

The USS Ranger History & Memorial site has acquired some great Challenge Coins. The coins are 1½" in diameter, weigh 1 oz. and come in clear plastic cases.

John and Carol Guy have possibly the largest collections of photos of Ranger and her men on the internet. We encourage you to visit their site and to support them.

We have the entire set of Ranger's cruise books are are working on scanning them to make them available to you on CD. DVD will be coming later. The cruise books are in PDF format and appear just as if you had the book in front of you. Six of them are ready to purchase. If your's isn't available, write John to request your book be done.

Lying quietly alongside her sisters, Independence, Kitty Hawk and Constellation, Ranger awaits her fate. Our ship is silent. She was our home for a period of time. She took us to many interesting places over the years. She took us to some places we'd rather forget. Some of our crewmates and friends did not return. This site is a memorial to all who served USS Ranger (CVA/CV-61).

Plug pulled on USS Ranger Foundation (9/26/12)

NavSea has cancelled the donation hold on Ranger. She has now been designated for disposal by dismantling. Does this mean that Ranger will be broken up. Let's hope not. There are still a few avenues being explored. However, it's going to requre a miracle to save her.