Namesake: One who wanders; a military scout. Ordered: 1 February 1954 Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia Cost: $182 million Laid down: 2 August 1954 Launched: 29 September 1956 Acquired: 1 August 1957 Commissioned: 10 August 1957 Decommissioned: 10 July 1993 Reclassified: CV-61 Struck: 8 March 2004 Fate: Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial, 2004
Namesake: One who wanders; a military scout. Ordered: 1 February 1954 Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia Cost: $182 million Laid down: 2 August 1954 Launched: 29 September 1956 Acquired: 1 August 1957 Commissioned: 10 August 1957 Decommissioned: 10 July 1993 Reclassified: CV-61 Struck: 8 March 2004 Fate: Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial, 2004