USS Ranger (CV-4)

Launch on the 25/02/1933
During the war, 24 guns of 40 mm AA were added. He was a member of the Atlantic Fleet from 1941 to 1944. He participated in Operation Torch (Landing in North Africa in November 1942). From 1944 he served in training.

Specifications : 
Type: Aircraft carrier
Crew: 2,000 men
Displacement: 14,500 tonnes
Length (out of turn): 234.45 meters
Length (flotation): 221.95 meters
Width: 24.40 meters
Width (flight deck): 33.38 meters
Draft: 6,02 meters
Machines: 2 turbines developing 53,500 horsepower
Speed: 29 ½ knots or 54,60 km / h
Armament: 8 guns of 127 mm in 8 turrets of 1
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