On 7 April 2015 , ex - '' Ranger '' was seen anchored about three miles offshore at Panama City , Panama , attracting a lot of wild speculation as President Obama was scheduled to arrive two days later , for the 7th Summit of the Americas . Newspapers went so far as to repeat the local speculation that the ship was there to provide security for President Obama . On 12 July 2015 , '' Ranger '' arrived at Brownsville for scrapping . The scrapping process was completed on 1 November 2017 , though more than five tons of historic items from the ship were preserved for display at the USS Lexington Museum
7th Summit of the Americas
7th Summit of the Americas
USS Ranger (CV-61)