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Circa 1953 1954 with vma324 aboard flying au1 corsairs which was a variation of the f4u5 corsair. While i was the webmasterowner of i acquired many photos from fellow rangermen. Cvn65 uss enterprise cvw17 100 centurion us navy ship landing squadron patch. Cv61 cva61 uss ranger 100 centurion landings us navy ship squadron pat. Although all four ships of the class were completed with angled decks,ranger had the distinction of being the first us carrier built from the very beginning as an angled deck ship.
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