About
The USS Ranger Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit corporation.
The Museum Foundation is governed by an all-volunteer board of directors, made up of former Officers and Crew of the USS Ranger as well as patriotic civilians. Our homes are scattered across the USA, from California, to Florida and points between! Our Chair is VADM Walter J. Davis, Jr, USN, Ret. (a former Ranger Skipper).
President, Captain Peter Ogle, USN Ret., and Executive Director, Captain Tim Myers, USN Ret., are two volunteers who work every day for us. Their enthusiasm is to save Ranger in Portland!
Each member of the board pays their own way–their travel, lodging, meals and their meeting expenses. Every penny we have collected has gone to our efforts. We continue to have the support of the Coral Sea Reunion Association, the Lexington Reunion Association, the Ranger Reunion Association, and many others. We encourage other Carrier groups to contact us to find out what we can do for them.
We are hard at work with the goal of completing our NAVSEA application and securing a pier.
We need your help and encourage you to donate or volunteer during this phase of our efforts.
Our offices are located at:
USS RANGER FOUNDATION
1505 SE Gideon Street
Suite 650
Portland, OR 97202
Phone: (503) 558-8519
Peter W. Ogle, President/CEO
Peter W. Ogle, President/CEO
Full Speed Ahead Bringing USS Ranger to Portland!
I would like to introduce myself as your President and CEO of the RANGER Foundation. I am new to the USS Ranger Board of Directors having joined on April 25, 2009. I was appointed as President upon the resignation of Ray Kutch, who has led us for the past several years. I wish Ray all the best in the expansion of his business and look forward to his continued service as a member of the Board and to his assistance in the transition to President.
Although new to the Foundation I am not new to USS RANGER. I made two WESPAC deployments on her during 1974-1976. The second deployment included a rapid response to a crisis in Uganda requiring USS RANGER to make a high speed run from Singapore across the Indian Ocean to the East Coast of Africa. I served in the airwing as Commanding Officer of VA-25 “Fist of the Fleet” flying the A7-E Corsair II.
I have two equal priorities to bring the USS RANGER to Portland. (1) We must obtain a mooring site that is located as close as possible to the city center; and (2) We must raise the funds for the NAVSEA Application plus the major funding to prepare the ship and shore facilities for museum operations plus reserves for financial stability during the first five years of operations.
The time is short for us to acquire USS RANGER. A new NAVSEA Instruction dated June 2, 2009, changes the application process. Under the new process there was a notice published in the Federal Register concerning the availability of ex-RANGER for donation under the new rules. We have 12 months to submit Phase II of the application. We are prepared to meet the deadline, but we need financial support. To make your tax deductible donation please Click on the Link to the right or mail your check to USS RANGER Foundation, 1505 SE Gideon Street, Suite 650, Portland, OR 97202.
“Each of you can help Save RANGER and bring her to Portland as a Museum Ship and Memorial.”
