1: ( CNN ) The aircraft carrier USS Ranger , which saw action in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm and had appearances in the movies  Top Gun  and  Star Trek IV ,  is on its final journey , a five-month cruise at the end of a tow cable from Bremerton , Washington , to a scrapyard in Texas . 2: The 56,300-ton warship , which was launched in 1956 , was decommissioned in 1993 but kept in storage for possible reactivation until March 2004 when it was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register and made available for donation to a group that could preserve it and turn it into a museum . 3: Ranger , which was launched in 1956 , appeared in movies such as  Top Gun  and  Star Trek IV 
1: The aircraft carrier USS Ranger 2: The 56,300-ton warship 3: Ranger