Allied Warships
USS Ranger (CV 4)
Aircraft carrier of the Ranger class
USS Ranger shortly before the war.
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Aircraft carrier |
| Class | Ranger |
| Pennant | CV 4 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 26 Sep 1931 |
| Launched | 25 Feb 1933 |
| Commissioned | 4 Jun 1934 |
| End service | 18 Oct 1946 |
| History | She served mainly in the Atlantic during WWII and this ship carried out the only fleet carrier attack in the Atlantic during the war. Decommissioned 18 October 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Ranger (CV 4)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. Arthur Leroy Bristol, Jr., USN | 4 Jun 1934 | 10 Jun 1936 |
| 2 | Patrick Nelson Lynch Bellinger, USN | 10 Jun 1936 | 5 Jun 1937 |
| 3 | John Sidney McCain, Sr., USN | 5 Jun 1937 | 3 Jun 1939 |
| 4 | Ralph Frederick Wood, USN | 3 Jun 1939 | 6 Jun 1940 |
| 5 | Capt. Alfred Eugene Montgomery, USN | 6 Jun 1940 | 13 Jun 1941 |
| 6 | Capt. William Keen Harrill, USN | 13 Jun 1941 | 30 May 1942 |
| 7 | Calvin Thornton Durgin, USN | 30 May 1942 | 17 Mar 1943 |
| 8 | Capt. Gordon Rowe, USN | 17 Mar 1943 | 22 Apr 1944 |
| 9 | T/Capt. Arthur Gavin, USN | 22 Apr 1944 | 15 Jan 1945 |
| 10 | T/Capt. Douglas Pollock Johnson, USN | 15 Jan 1945 | 1 May 1946 |
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Notable events involving Ranger include:
2 Sep 1943
HMS Tantivy (Cdr. M.G. Rimington, DSO, RN) conducted attack exercises at/off Scapa Flow with USS Ranger (Capt. G. Rowe, USN) that was escorted by USS Forrest (T/Cdr. K.P. Letts, USN), USS Hobson (Lt.Cdr. K. Loveland, USN) and USS Corry (T/Cdr. L.B. Ensey, USN). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/18199
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.