Ranger

USS Ranger (CV-4) was a ship of the United States Navy. The ship spent most of World War II in the Atlantic Ocean where the German fleet was a weaker opposition. Ranger saw combat in that theatre and provided air support for Operation Torch. In October 1943, she fought in Operation Leader, air attacks on German shipping off Norway. The ship was sold for scrap in 1947.

Design

 * The badge on her school bag represents the actual badge used by Ranger's crew.

Lines

 * Self-Introduction
 * 1) She was the first ship to be designed and built exclusively as an aircraft carrier.  The earlier Langley and the then being built Lexington-class were all converted from other ships.
 * 2) All United States fleet carriers were sent to the Pacific to take on the larger Japanese Fleet.  Only smaller escort carriers were left in the Atlantic.  This made Ranger the largest U.S. Navy carrier in the Atlantic.
 * Acquisition: Ranger was considered too slow to be effective against the Japanese Fleet and was deployed to the Atlantic for her entire career. She had a large range of missions from anti-submarine warfare to coastal defense.
 * Second Idle Secretary Line: She never sailed in the Pacific and never say any warships from the Japanese Fleet.