USS Ranger (CV-4)
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USS Ranger (CV-4) was the United States Navy’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned in the 1930s and serving primarily in the Atlantic during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Ranger (CV-4) canonical | 3 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
ⓘ
Yorktown-class-related design ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | approximately 76 aircraft (designed) ⓘ |
| armament |
5-inch guns
ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| awarded | battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | 80 ft ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| category |
Ships built in Newport News, Virginia
ⓘ
World War II aircraft carriers of the United States ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1934-06-04 ⓘ |
| constructionSite | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 2,000 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1946-10-18 ⓘ |
| designFeature |
full-length flight deck
ⓘ
hangar deck below flight deck ⓘ island superstructure on starboard side ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 14,500 tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| followedBy | USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-4 ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1931-09-26 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1933-02-25 ⓘ |
| length | 769 ft ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 29 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ranger (American privateer tradition) ⓘ |
| notableAircraftOperated |
Douglas SBD Dauntless
ⓘ
Grumman F4F Wildcat ⓘ Grumman TBF Avenger ⓘ |
| notableAs | first purpose-built aircraft carrier of the United States Navy ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Operation Torch
ⓘ
surface form:
North African landings
Operation Torch ⓘ aircraft ferry missions to Africa ⓘ convoy escort operations in the Atlantic ⓘ training operations in the Pacific late in World War II ⓘ |
| precededBy |
USS Langley (CVL-27)
ⓘ
surface form:
USS Langley (CV-1)
|
| primaryTheater | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| propulsion |
geared turbines
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| roleInOperationTorch | provided air support for Allied landings in French North Africa ⓘ |
| secondaryTheater | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| serviceEra | World War II ⓘ |
| soldForScrapOn | 1947-01-28 ⓘ |
| sponsor | Lou Henry Hoover ⓘ |
| strickenOn | 1946-10-29 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
USS Lexington (CV-2)