Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CVA-61), a Forrestal-class "supercarrier," was the first U.S. aircraft carrier designed with an angled deck. -Commissioned in the late 1950s, it served in ...
Over 100 veterans said their goodbyes to the USS Saratoga, a Forrestal-class carrier that protected the United States for nearly 50 years and saw action in Vietnam and in Operation Desert Storm.