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The USS Ranger, second from right, prior to being moved.

Workers prepare to move the Ranger.

A tugboat pulls the Ranger rearward.

Tug workers attach a line from the front of the Ranger to pull the ship forward.

The Ranger is towed past the USS Nimitz.

The Ranger is towed past the Bremerton ferry terminal.

The Ranger is towed past the Bremerton ferry terminal.

People stand at the Bremerton ferry terminal while watching the Ranger pass by. “I feel sad,” said Robert Dess, one of those who watched the Ranger that day. He wore a USS Ranger ball cap. “I served two tours. My first duty station,” he said of the Ranger. Dess said he was a steward from 1968-1972 and a storekeeper from 1984-1986 aboard the ship.

The Ranger is towed past the Bremerton marina.

People watch as the Ranger is towed away from Bremerton.

The Ranger heads toward Rich Passage.