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Ranger was the first ship of the United States Navy to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier.
Laid down: 26 September 1931
Launched: 25 February 1933
Maximum speed: 29.5 kn
Range: 9.960 NM
Crew: 216 officers, 2,245 enlisted personnel (including air group), as built
USS Ranger shown in January 1943 – aerial view
Aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) with a portion of her air group spotted aft
USS Ranger underway with an escort on 27 October 1943
USS Ranger (CV-4) shown in January 1943
Aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) moored at NAS San Diego 14 March 1938
USS Ranger (CV-4) underway, Hampton Roads 18 August 1942
USS Ranger port quater view January 1943
Aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) at anchor
USS Ranger (CV-4) port bow view January 1943
USS Ranger CV-4 the pilot of a Grumman TBF Avenger drops a message
USS Ranger CV-4
Ranger was the first ship of the United States Navy to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier.
Laid down: 26 September 1931
Launched: 25 February 1933
Maximum speed: 29.5 kn
Range: 9.960 NM
Crew: 216 officers, 2,245 enlisted personnel (including air group), as built
Bibliography
- Robert J. Cressman: USS Ranger The Navy’s First Flattop from Keel to Mast 1934-1946
- Michael E. Haskew: Aircraft Carriers: The Illustrated History of the World’s Most Important Warships
- US NAVY FACT FILE Aircraft Carriers CV-4 USS Ranger
- Walter E. Skeldon: Escort Carriers in the Atlantic
- Mark Stille, Tony Bryan: US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1922-45: Prewar classes, Osprey New Vanguard 114
- US Carrier War: Design, Development and Operations – Kev Darling 2011
- US Carrier Aircraft of World War 2 – Aeroplane Aviation Archive
- Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives – Michael Green, 2015