Uss Ranger (cv-4)

	Ship Table Fate	status
	Draught	us
	Ship Caption	USS ''Ranger'' underway at sea, 1930s
	Ship Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co
	Ship Ordered	1 November 1930
	Ship Laid Down	26 September 1931
	Ship Launched	25 February 1933
	Ship Commissioned	4 June 1934
	Ship Decommissioned	18 October 1946
	Ship Fate	Sold for scrap
	Ship Struck	29 October 1946
	Ship Displacement	As built<br>14,576 tons standard<br>17,577 tons full load
	Ship Length	730 feet (waterline)<br>769 feet (overall)
	Ship Beam	80 feet (waterline)<br>109 feet 5 inches (overall)
	Ship Draught	22 feet 4875 inches
	Ship Propulsion	6 &times boilers<br>Steam turbines<br>2 &times shafts<br>53,500 shp
	Ship Speed	2925 knots
	Ship Range	10,000 miles at 15 knots
	Ship Complement	2,148 officers and men (1941)
	Ship Armament	8 &times single 5 inch 25 caliber guns<br>40 &times 50 caliber machine guns
	Ship Armour	2 inch sides and bulkheads<br>1 inch top over steering gear
	Ship Aircraft	86 aircraft<br>3 &times catapults
	Ship Honours	American Defense Service Medal ("A" device) / American Campaign Medal/European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (2 stars) / Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal / World War II Victory Medal

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