USS Ranger (CV-61) 1982 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Ranger (CV-61) 1982 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 was a centerpiece of the Pacific Fleet throughout the Cold War. This sweatshirt commemorates her 1982 cruise, one of

DDG-51 deployed to the 6th Fleet's Mediterranean and European theaters as Coalition forces fought to eliminate the last strongholds of ISIS in Iraq and Syria under Operation Inherent Resolve

This cruise shirt honors every sailor who stood watch and kept the battle group safe during that demanding deployment

operating as the forward-deployed carrier from Yokosuka

and a crew standing ready at the edge of the world

Navy escorting Kuwaiti oil tankers through waters where the Iran-Iraq Tanker War had made the sea lanes a hazard

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) deployed in 2007

USS Missouri (BB-63) was reactivated and recommissioned in May 1986 after a decade-long layup

In 1977-78

Just weeks into her cruise

rising Soviet aggression

This sweatshirt commemorates the 1997-98 cruise and honors the crew who served

represent American sea power abroad

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