USS RANGER CV 4 PHOTOS

 


The ship's bell from the USS Ranger, CV-4 is memorialized 
at the Naval Museum in Pensacola Florida
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USS Ranger (CV-4) in drydock at Hunter's Point, San 
Francisco, California, 2 March 1937. She was the first 
carrier to be drydocked with planes on board. 
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USS Ranger (CV-4) entering Hunter's Point Drydock, San 
Francisco, California, 2 March 1937. Note .50 Cal. AA 
Machine-Guns (uncovered) along the Flight Deck, forward. 
Note also 5" Guns and Saluting Guns at the Bow (Port and 
Stbd). She was the first carrier to be docked with planes 
on board. 
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USS Ranger (CV-4), circa 1930's. Note the word 
"propeller" and the unusual funnel arrangement.
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USS Ranger (CV-4) at Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia, 7 June 
1934. Photographed from a U.S.A.A.C Plane.

 

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Underway in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 18 August 1942. Note partially lowered after elevator and flight deck identification letters "R N G R" still visible just ahead of the ramp

Douglas SBD "Dauntless" scout bomber Goes around for another landing attempt, after being "waved off" by the Landing Signal Officer on USS Ranger (CV-4), circa June 1942.

A Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" fighter taking off from USS Ranger (CV-4) to attack targets ashore during the invasion of Morocco, circa 8 November 1942. Note: Army observation planes in the left middle distance; Loudspeakers and radar antenna on Ranger's mast.

U.S. Army P-40's prior to hoisting aboard USS Ranger for further transfer to the armed services. April 14, 1942

Swopping over the flight deck of the USS Ranger (CV4) the pilot of a Grumman TBF Avenger drops a message reporting the location of lifeboats with survivors of a ftrpedoed merchantman. This typ of communication between plane and ship is common in war zones where radio silence is maintained to conceal the presence of a convoy or task force from enemy listerers. april 2, 1943

1930's

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 10 November, 1939

Launching, at the Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, 25 February 1933.

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USS Ranger (CV4). Aerial, port bow, aircraft on deck.

North Africa Invasion, November 1942- Sailors "stripping ship" aboard USS Ranger (CV-4), in anticipation of action off Morocco, circa early November 1942. Paint has been chipped from the bulkheads and overheads as a precaution against fire.

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