USS Ranger (CV-4)

**USS Ranger**
	1934 unique aircraft carrier of the United States Navy
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Instance of	aircraft carrier (–1946);
Part of	Home Fleet;
Call sign	NABF;
Operator	United States Navy;
Has part(s)	belt armor (2 inch); bulkhead (2 inch); protective deck (1 inch); aircraft elevator (3);
Manufacturer	Newport News Shipbuilding;
Location of creation	Newport News;
Country of registry	United States of America;
Significant event	purchase order (1930); keel laying (1931); ship launching (1933); ship commissioning (1934); ship decommissioning (1946); change of ownership (1947);
Powered by	steam boiler (6); steam turbine; drive shaft (2, 53,500 metric horsepower);
Mass	14,500 t; 14,576 ton (standard displacement); 17,577 ton (full-load displacement);
Beam	24.4 m (full-load displacement);
Draft	6.83 m; 6.8 m;
Width	33.4 m;
Length	234.4 m;
Speed	29.25 kn;
Maximum capacity	2,148 crew member (1941); 86 aircraft;
Cause of destruction	ship breaking;
Follows	Lexington-class aircraft carrier;
Followed by	Yorktown-class aircraft carrier;
Different from	USS Ranger ; USS Ranger; USS Ranger; USS Ranger; USS Ranger; USS Ranger; USS Ranger; USS Ranger;
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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.

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