USS Ranger (CV-61)

The USS Ranger (CV-61) is a United States Navy Forrestal-class supercarrier which was in service between 1957 and 1993. It stood in as the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) during the filming of in. She was commissioned at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard 10 August 1957 and served in the US Navy until 10 July 1993,when it was decommissioned, and is currently awaiting conversion into a museum ship. The Ranger earned 13 battle stars for her service in the Vietnam War.

The scenes seen in the movie were filmed in two machinery rooms, at the hangar bay, and on elevator one and shot in while the Ranger was stationed in San Diego, California. Beside Newell Tarrant, who previously served aboard the Ranger and portrayed Commander Rogerson in Star Trek IV, many sailors and crewmembers of the Ranger appeared as background performers during these scenes. Among the actors who filmed aboard the Ranger are Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols, Koenig's stunt double Spike Silver, and assistant stunt coordinator Gregory Barnett.

The USS Ranger was also used as a filming location in the war drama The Final Countdown (1980), the action film Top Gun (1986), and the action film Flight of the Intruder (1991).

The crew of the USS Enterprise in the film were all sailors who served aboard the Ranger. Among the USS Ranger sailors who also appeared in Star Trek IV are:

(This list is currently incomplete)
 * Paul Giebner (1985-1989)
 * Robert Jack (1984-1986)
 * Ken Peacock (1984-1988)
 * Brooks Gulledge (1983-1987)