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USS Ranger leaving Puget Sound for Texas scrap yard
KOMO TV (Seattle) News ^ | 3/4/2015 | Jon Humbert

Posted on 03/04/2015 5:39:45 PM PST by llevrok

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To: brivette

Served on Vulcan, AR5, waiting for Nuc School. Class of 8105.


41 posted on 03/06/2015 3:03:32 AM PST by RoadGumby (This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
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To: fredhead

served for 6 years. I salute you.


42 posted on 03/06/2015 6:26:19 AM PST by brivette
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To: faithhopecharity

50+ years of sitting in salt water is hard on a steel ship. Yes, they could be refitted, but with the expense involved in the long run it is better to replace them.


43 posted on 03/06/2015 11:44:21 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
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To: llevrok

I read in another article that the USS Independence is to follow the Ranger to the scrapyard later this year.


44 posted on 03/06/2015 11:46:51 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
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