The clock is winding down to save the USS Ranger

[Matt Ottosen]

The decommissioned supercarrier Ranger is headed to the scrapyard unless a Southern California organization can convince the Navy to spare it in the next few weeks.

Ranger, which "Top Gun" fans will remember for its on-screen cameo, was sold to International Shipbreaking late last year after a previous effort to turn the ship into a museum failed, according to a Dec. 22 release from Naval Sea Systems Command.

http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/tech/2015/01/14/uss-ranger-supercarrier-top-gun-navsea-scrapyard/21693037/

With this headline, it made me remember when I toured the USS Ranger back in the early '90s.  The two photos are less than spectacular, but it does show the old gal just prior to her final cruise.