USS Ranger CV 4 - No Conversion Necessary

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USS Ranger CV 4 - No Conversion Necessary

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5 ай бұрын

Warship Guide - USS Ranger CV 4
USS Ranger was a major stepping stone in the evolution of the aircraft carrier for the US Navy, as she was the first vessel designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier. Named in honor of the famous sloop of war of the Continental Navy, she was undersized and under-powered and viewed as too slow to serve with the Pacific Fleet's fast carrier task forces. Ranger was regulated to training and air support roles, which she fulfilled admirably while serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. She helped train and qualify thousands of US Naval Aviators, and in this role, she was as vital to the war effort as any other fleet carrier in the Navy’s inventory. She earned 2 battle stars for her service during World War 2.
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@MrSuzuki1187 5 ай бұрын

My dad made 4 night carrier landings on Ranger off Oahu flying an F6F Hellcat fighter in July or August, 1944. This qualified him for membership in the very first night carrier based low level attack squadron. He flew the TBM Avenger in Night Torpedo Squadron 90 flying from the USS Enterprise 1944-1945,

@trob1173 5 ай бұрын

As a former USS Ranger CV-61 crewman, I enjoyed this video. Always felt CV-4 was an important ship that did her job well.

@user-bj5pm9pd6v 4 ай бұрын

even though smaller and not as fast... this ship's military service was outstanding.. and she was in the thick of WW2...

@forsakenace9577 3 ай бұрын

Nah, this ship never faced another carrier group, while USS Enterprise CV-6 was taking on the entire Japanese navy by herself.

@paddlerofrivers7413 3 ай бұрын

My grandfather Chief boatswains mate Abram Witt Jr. helped build her and served on her in the north sea. I forget when he got off.I was 12 when he passed away in February of 1998. I wish I could have been more interested in his "sea stories" but I had a N64 controller in my hand. I remember we took care of him in his last years and he loved listening to the Atlanta Braves play.

@danytalloen 18 күн бұрын

An N64 controller ofcourse felt great, it was perhaps the most ergonomically designed controller ever in use, so it's completely understandable that you weren't interested in your grandfather's stories... How I regret my grandfather died long before I was born, his stories would have been something else... he spent four years in the trenches during WW I !

@richardmorrison1495 5 ай бұрын

Great video on the history of this forgotten ship.

@captjinxmarine9832 5 ай бұрын

I love the history of our ships. The 12 years of my career I spent time on the LPH-3 Okinawa. Good duty

@navyreviewer 5 ай бұрын

Good video. The real problem with Ranger wasnt here speed, it was her structural strength. In the words of one of COs he felt that a single torpedo hit would "most likely" cause her to break in half. To fragile. Rather than a fleet carrier she should be thought of as an escort carrier.

@petesheppard1709 5 ай бұрын

Or a light carrier...

@navyreviewer 5 ай бұрын

@@petesheppard1709 no. Wasp was a light carrier.

@petesheppard1709 5 ай бұрын

@@navyreviewer I'd say _Ranger_ is closer to the _Independence_ class (true light carriers) than _Wasp_ , as well as beiing faster and far more heavily armed than CVE.

@BobSmith-dk8nw 5 ай бұрын

Yeah. There was a lot of learning done with everyone's early carriers and a lot of things were shaped by those Naval Treaties. _Wasp_ was another ship that was limited in it's capabilities because of treaties. .

@danielkennedy1524 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video great history! thank you!

@jimwolaver9375 5 ай бұрын

At 0:24: Ranger was regulated... I'm sure that should have been Ranger was relegated...

@petestorz172 5 ай бұрын

USS Wasp (CV-7) had the same speed and was deployed to the Pacific. The problem with USS Ranger was that it tried to pack too much into too little. She had very little torpedo protection and was not very upgradeable. Ranger did well in the Atlantic - ferrying aircraft and supporting the invasion of North Africa and attacking German shipping in Norway - where Germany and Italy didn't have aircraft carriers. In the context of the early 30s, when she was designed, aircraft carriers, how they might be used, aircraft technology, and torpedo technology were all experimental or advancing rapidly. USS Ranger wasn't as successful as a design as the next USN aircraft carrier class, the Yorktown class.

@timsimms65707 5 ай бұрын

A very useful, unique and interesting ship.

@vaughnmojado8637 5 ай бұрын

I never really understood why the Armed Forces didn’t scrap their own stuff. I mean, I think it would’ve paid for itself maybe. But what do I know. Haha! It was a great video. I never heard of the Ranger. I never heard of the Washington Naval Treaty either. Great video.

@starterstuff2574 5 ай бұрын

I would not have slept better on my destroyer knowing there’s one of us fallible humans in the crew who knows how to torch her in half on the mid watch tonight

@vaughnmojado8637 5 ай бұрын

@@starterstuff2574yeah. You’re special

@DavidFischer-mj2sv 4 ай бұрын

As far as I’m aware, Ranger was also the first carrier built with an offset keel to compensate the weight of the elevator shafts and machinery, also the island.

@saparotrob7888 Ай бұрын

I never knew about her operations in Alaskan waters nor her training of aircrews for night operations.

@donaldgrant9067 5 ай бұрын

First jeep carrier? Not a navy man, so don't get mad.

@MrGaryGG48 5 ай бұрын

I believe the Jeep Carriers came a bit later. Their hull sections were built across the country in factories with the ability to handle smaller pieces. Those pieces were then hauled by rail to the coasts and the ship yards there, to be finally assembled. As capable as our fleets and armies were, the manufacturing power of the United States gave us the strength to win the war. Without weapons you're limited to "shaking your fist" at the bad guys. Those Jeep Carriers and all the aircraft that were built across the country were vital to our success. Looking back at the 1940s, you'll see a nation with no computers, no calculators (only slide rules!) and a lot of common sense and determination to get the job done. There's been a lot of talk about "The Greatest Generation" written by Tom Brokaw, but what made them successful was the ability to focus on a common goal and the determination to maintain that focus until the war was won. If they had not been able to keep their "eyes on the ball" so to speak, the results would have been much different. I have a huge respect for all of those who left their homes and families to volunteer to fight for our nation. Both of my parents were in the Army Air Corps during the war, with my dad retiring from the Army in the mid-sixties. All three of their sons served in our military in the 1960s & 1970s. We would do well to be concerned about our future...