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USS Ranger (pictured), the United States Navy's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, was launched.

Historical image related to USS Ranger (pictured), the United States Navy's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, was launched. from February 25, 1933

USS Ranger (CV-4)

Ranger-class aircraft carrier

USS Ranger (CV-4) was an interwar United States Navy aircraft carrier, the only ship of its class. As a Treaty ship, Ranger was the first U.S. vessel to be designed and built from the keel up as a carrier. She was relatively small, just 730 ft (222.5 m) long and under 15,000…
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United States Navy

Maritime service branch of the U.S. military

The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with eleven in service, one…
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Aircraft carrier

Warship that serves as a seagoing airbase

An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and hangar facilities for supporting, arming, deploying and recovering shipborne aircraft. Typically it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a naval force to…
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