USS Ranger (CV-4)

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USS Ranger (CV-4) was the United States Navy’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned in the 1930s and serving primarily in the Atlantic during World War II.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of USS Ranger (CV-4) (USS Ranger (CV-4) was the United States Navy’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned in the 1930s and serving primarily in the Atlantic during World War II.)

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USS Ranger (CV-4) canonical 4

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy ship ⓘ
Yorktown-class-related design ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ
warship ⓘ
airGroupSize approximately 76 aircraft (designed) ⓘ
armament 5-inch guns ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
awarded battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
beam 80 ft ⓘ
builder Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
category Ships built in Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
World War II aircraft carriers of the United States ⓘ
commissionedOn 1934-06-04 ⓘ
constructionSite Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement about 2,000 officers and enlisted ⓘ
decommissionedOn 1946-10-18 ⓘ
designFeature full-length flight deck ⓘ
hangar deck below flight deck ⓘ
island superstructure on starboard side ⓘ
displacement approximately 14,500 tons standard ⓘ
fate sold for scrap ⓘ
followedBy USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
hullNumber CV-4 ⓘ
laidDownOn 1931-09-26 ⓘ
launchedOn 1933-02-25 ⓘ
length 769 ft ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 29 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Ranger (American privateer tradition) ⓘ
notableAircraftOperated Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ
Grumman F4F Wildcat ⓘ
Grumman TBF Avenger ⓘ
notableAs first purpose-built aircraft carrier of the United States Navy ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
participatedIn North African landings ⓘ
linked to: Operation Torch

Operation Torch ⓘ
aircraft ferry missions to Africa ⓘ
convoy escort operations in the Atlantic ⓘ
training operations in the Pacific late in World War II ⓘ
precededBy USS Langley (CV-1) ⓘ
primaryTheater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
propulsion geared turbines ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
roleInOperationTorch provided air support for Allied landings in French North Africa ⓘ
secondaryTheater Pacific Ocean ⓘ
serviceEntryEra interwar period ⓘ
serviceEra World War II ⓘ
soldForScrapOn 1947-01-28 ⓘ
sponsor Lou Henry Hoover ⓘ
strickenOn 1946-10-29 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

USS Yorktown (CV-5) → precededBy → USS Ranger (CV-4) ⓘ
USS Lexington (CV-2) → followedBy → USS Ranger (CV-4) ⓘ
subject linked to: Lady Lex
Ranger class → hasMember → USS Ranger (CV-4) ⓘ
Naval Battle of Casablanca → involvedShip → USS Ranger (CV-4) ⓘ