USS Ranger (CV-61) 1980-81 Cruise Varsity Jacket

USS Ranger was the third Forrestal-class supercarrier, commissioned as CVA-61 in 1957 and the only ship of her class to serve her entire career in the Pacific Fleet. Redesignated CV-61 in 1975, she made repeated Western Pacific and Indian Ocean deployments until her decommissioning in 1993.

This heavyweight letterman jacket commemorates Ranger's 1980–81 Western Pacific and Indian Ocean deployment, including months on station near the Persian Gulf during the Iran hostage crisis.