USS Ranger (CVA-61) w/ Eagle Neck Gaiter

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USS Ranger (CVA-61) w/ Eagle Neck GaiterUSS Ranger was commissioned as CVA 61 Attack Aircraft Carrier in August 1957, one of the Forrestal class supercarriers that defined American naval aviation during the Cold War. Operating from the Pacific Fleet, she conducted Vietnam War combat deployments from Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin and earned a reputation as one of the most active carriers on the line. Redesignated CV 61 in 1975, she served until 1993. This neck gaiter pays tribute to

and embarked aboard USS Saratoga

From her early years as CVA-63 conducting Cold War WESTPAC deployments

Ensign Ouellet threw himself on the grenade

This sweatshirt commemorates her 1991 cruise and features a deployment route map design

USS Peterson (DD-969) deployed in 1986

When tensions flared in the Taiwan Strait in early 1995

yours was written in long days

the Pukin' Dogs have maintained a long record of combat excellence and fleet readiness across multiple carrier deployments

suppressing enemy air defenses and protecting strike aircraft with electronic jamming

Named for labor leader Samuel Gompers

Midway and Carrier Air Wing 5 conducted combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin

As Operation Enduring Freedom launched on October 7