USS Ranger CV-61 Forrestal Class Model Ship Start Price USD 199.95 Current Price USD 199.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, July 16, 2008 End Time Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Location Angeles City, Pampanga See more about 'USS Ranger CV-61 Forrestal Class Model Ship' Description Modelairplanes Store USS Ranger CV-61 Forrestal Class Model Ship Hand-carved and Hand-Painted Mahogany Model USS Ranger CV-61 Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier Model Ship:   The USS Ranger CV-61 is a Forrestal-class supercarrier of the United States Navy. CV-61 was the first aircraft carrier in the world to be laid down as an angled-deck ship on August 2, 1954 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia.  CV-61 was launched on September 29, 1956 and was sponsored by Mrs. Arthur Radford.  It was commissioned at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on August 10, 1957, with Charles T.Booth in command.   In the year 1950's, CV-61 spent time for pilot qualification training for Air Group 14 and fleet exercises along the California coast.  In the 1960s, CV-61 prepared for a second West Pacific deployment.  It deployed to the Far East for the third time.  It also participated in operations off Hawaii, then proceeded via Okinawa to the Philippines. It also supported Laotian operations.  CV-61 sailed for the Far East and the deployment came n the heels off the Gulf of Tonkin.  It made an 8-hour stop in Pearl Harbor, then proceeded to Subic Bay, the to Yokosuka, Japan.  In the 1970s, CV-61 departed for another WestPac deployment and engaged in operations off the West Coast.  On Febraury 21, 1979, the CV-61 deployed for its 14th Westpac.  On April 5, 1979, CV-61 collided with the tanker Liberian Fortune while passing through the Straits of Malacca.  It then returned to Subic Bay, Philippines for temporary repairs and then to Yokosuka, Japan, for full repair.  On August 3, 1989, the time when heavy seas and monsoon rains in the South China Sea, CV-61 rescued 39 Vietnamese refugees.  In the 1990s, the Navy launched 228 sorties from CV-61 and USS Midway in the Persian Gulf, from CVN-71 enroute to the Persian Gulf.    On July 10, 1993, the CV-61 was decommissioned at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington.  As of 2004, a nonprofit organization is working to bring exRanger to Portland, Oregon to serve as a naval and aerospace museum, educational center and a setting for special events.  The CV-61 received 13 battle stars for its service in Vietnam.      Model #: MBACR15 Scale: 1/800Length: 15.6” Width: 5” Height: 3.8” Material Used: Mahogany Wood   Modelworks: Hand-crafted Museum Quality Display Ship Models Modelworks has been producing the world’s finest collection of hand-made and hand-painted model ships for over 20 years. 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