USS Ranger (CV-61) 1983-84 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Ranger (CV-61) 1983-84 Cruise SweatshirtUSS Ranger (CV 61) was a Forrestal class aircraft carrier commissioned on August 10, 1957, homeported at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California. Named for the Continental sloop of war Ranger commanded by John Paul Jones, which in 1778 received the first salute ever given to an American flag by a foreign warship, Ranger conducted regular Western Pacific deployments as a principal fleet carrier throughout the Cold War. This sweatshirt

5 oz/y² (153 g/m²)

She was on station within days of the attacks

one of Ranger's Western Pacific deployments in the years leading up to her historic participation in Operation Desert Storm

During her 2013–2014 Western Pacific deployment

Eisenhower (CVN-69) deployed in 1983

and Kitty Hawk's aircrew endured some of the most demanding conditions in naval aviation history

flying strike missions over North Vietnam as the United States committed to full-scale air operations

providing close air support to ground forces as the long campaign entered its final years

Her crew on that last cruise carried the weight of that legacy: Korea

professional vigilance

When the Arab Spring ignited in early 2011

keeping the watch that had helped make that moment possible