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.
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 → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.