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  2. USS Ranger (CV-4) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    CV-4 Ranger: Ranger (lead ship) 4 June 1934 18 October 1946 12 years, 136 days Scrapped in 1947 [18] CV-5 Yorktown: Yorktown (lead ship) 30 September 1937 7 June 1942 4 years, 250 days Sunk in the Battle of Midway in 1942 [19] CV-6 Enterprise: Yorktown: 12 May 1938 17 February 1947 8 years, 281 days Scrapped in 1960 [20] CV-7 Wasp: Wasp (lead ...

  4. File:USS Ranger (CV-4) insignia, 1939 (80-G-464912).png ...

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    USS Ranger (CV-4) Usage on www.wikidata.org Q1044197; Metadata. This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to ...

  5. List of aircraft carrier classes of the United States Navy

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    On November 14, 1910, pilot Eugene Burton Ely took off in a Curtiss plane from the bow of Birmingham and later landed a Curtiss Model D on Pennsylvania on January 18, 1911. In fiscal year (FY) 1920, Congress approved a conversion of collier Jupiter into a ship designed for launching and recovering of airplanes at sea—the first aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.

  6. These US Navy Ships Obliterated Japan’s WWII Strategy - AOL

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    The USS Ranger (CV-4) is the only aircraft carrier of its class and was host to 86 aircraft. ... The primary weapons on the USS Ranger were a series of eight 5-inch/.25 caliber guns, flanked by ...

  7. List of United States Navy aircraft wings - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. File:USS Ranger (CV-4), 1944.jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. Yorktown-class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia

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    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.