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Air Group 4 (AG-4), stationed aboard USS Ranger (CV-4) until July 1944 contains extensive crew member accounts of actions and photographs; Commanders of USS Ranger (CV-4) on U-Boat.net; Commanders of USS Ranger (CV-4) on NavSource.org; USS Ranger (CV-4) refit information; Navy and Marine Corps Award Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (REV. 1953) PART IV.
Squadrons were redesignated to conform with the hull number of the Aircraft Carrier to which they were assigned: [19] CV 2, CV 3, CV 4 and CV 5 (USS Yorktown (CV-5) was commissioned on 30 Sep 1937). USS Langley (CV 1) had ceased operating as an Aircraft Carrier by October 1936 and had been converted to a seaplane tender Ship Named Air Groups [h ...
Established as Ranger Air Group on 1 July 1938 (squadrons operating from USS Ranger (CV-4) had been informally called "Ranger Air Group" beginning 17 Aug 1934 but the air group was not established as a unit until 1 July 1938), redesignated CVG-4 (1st use of the designation) on 3 Aug 1943, redesignated CVAG-1 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated CVG-1 ...
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"Nasty Nick" – USS Nicholas, name given by crew due to the proclivity of the ship's AC units to break down in hot weather. "Nelly" – HMS Nelson – also "Nelsol" – from fleet oilers with names ending in "ol" that the Nelson class looked similar to in silhouette.
Carrier Division Eleven was a seagoing division (2-4 large ships) of the United States Navy. It was established in August 1944 at Pearl Harbor to focus on night carrier operations. Rear Admiral Matthias B. Gardner was appointed to command the division, which consisted of USS Saratoga (CV-3) and USS Ranger (CV-4) .
USS Ranger (CV-4) USS Suwanee (CVE-27) USN Task Group 34.10 Southern Attack Group- Safi (Davidson) USN Air Group: USS Santee (CVE-29) RN Central Naval Task Force (Troubridge): Oran, Algeria; group shot down five Vichy D520 aircraft; HMS Furious (CV/47) HMS Biter (BAVG-3/D97) Air Squadron 800; HMS Dasher (BAVG-5/D37) Air Squadrons 804 and 891;
With the commissioning of USS Ranger, the USN had 54,400 tons of carrier construction left under the Washington Treaty. Initially, the development plan for the class envisioned a 17,000-ton design that would allow the Navy to build three ships and stay within the 135,000-ton Washington Naval Treaty limit on aircraft carrier tonnage.