With the arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan in Bremerton in 2024, the city now hosts two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The Navy plans to move the USS Nimitz to Norfolk, VA in 2026 and ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CVA-61), introduced in the mid-1950s, was the third Forrestal-class supercarrier and the first U.S. aircraft carrier designed from the outset with an angled ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CV-61), a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, had an impressive service history from 1957 to 1993. An evolution from the Essex class, the Forrestal class bridged ...

With the arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan in Bremerton, the city now hosts two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, until the USS Nimitz is redeployed. Although two carriers with their ...

The USS Ranger's last voyage will cost the Navy a penny -- and one of its most legendary aircraft carriers. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has paid one red cent to transport and break apart a ...

1811 - Congress authorizes the first naval hospital. 1944 - Sue Sophia Dauser, superintendent of the Navy's Nurse Corps, is the first woman in the Navy promoted to the rank of captain. 1991 - Navy ...

The USS Ranger CVA/CV-61 Reunion Association will hold its 27th annual reunion in Jacksonville, Florida from Oct. 1 to 4. for all former crew members, squadrons, Marine detachment or T.A.D's at the ...