Keywords: Mk 42 guns aboard USS Ranger (CVA-61) firing c1961.jpg Photo of the practice firing of the starboard forward 5 /54 caliber Mark 42 guns aboard the U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Ranger CVA-61 A Douglas A3D-2 Skywarrior BuNo 147657 from Heavy Attack Squadron VAH-6 Fleurs is visible in the foreground VAH-6 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 9 CVG-9 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger CVA-61 for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 11 August 1961 to 8 March 1962 Official U S Navy photograph http //navysite de/cruisebooks/cv61-62/103 htm from the USS Ranger CVA-61 http //navysite de/cruisebooks/cv61-62/index_005 htm 1961-62 Cruise Book between 1961 1962 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy 5 /54 caliber Mark 42 gun Douglas A-3B Skywarrior Aboard USS Ranger CV-61 Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron 6 United States Navy |