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(27 Dec. 1968) — The Apollo 8 capsule is seen being hoisted aboard the recovery carrier, USS Yorktown after its successful splashdown.

F-14 Tomcat flying over USS Ranger

A Grumman F-14A Tomcat of Fighter Squadron 2 (VF-2) flying over USS Ranger (CV-61) and USS New Jersey (BB-62) while underway in the Indian Ocean on January 1, 1987.

NARA: 6451639

“From front to back, the carriers Ranger (CV-4), Lexington (CV-2), and Saratoga (CV-3) pictured at anchor off Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii.” 4 August 1936.

(US National Naval Aviation Museum: 1996.488.001.012)

“The restored World War II B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft “Heavenly Body” takes off from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61). It and another B-25 are being launched in a re-enactment of “Doolittle’s Raid” of April 18, 1942, during which 16 B-25’s were launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) in the first attack on the Japanese mainland.”

(Photograph by Terry Mitchell)

1987 Persian Gulf. USS Missouri (BB-63) taken from the deck of the Carrier USS Ranger (CV-61).

USS Ranger CV-61