USS Ranger (CV-4)
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Construction started | September 26, 1931 |
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Launched | February 25, 1933 |
Beam | 24 m |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding |
Part of | Home Fleet |
Keel laid | 26 September 1931 |
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ID | 2143844 |
About USS Ranger (CV-4)
USS Ranger (CV-4) was the first ship of the United States Navy to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier. Ranger was a relatively small ship, closer in size and displacement to the first US carrier—Langley—than later ships.