USS Ranger (CC-4)
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USS Ranger (CC-4) would have been a Lexington-class battlecruiser, but was cancelled before completion.
Ranger was named on 10 December 1917. Laid down 23 June 1921 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia, construction of the battlecruiser was canceled on 17 August 1923 under the terms of the Treaty Limiting Naval Armaments. The hull, 4 percent completed, was sold for scrap to Steel Scrap Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 8 November 1923.
See USS Ranger for ships of this name.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
| Lexington-class aircraft carriers (converted from battlecruisers in accordance with the Washington Treaty) |
| Lexington | Saratoga |
| Lexington-class battlecruisers (scrapped in accordance with the Washington Treaty) |
| Constellation | Ranger | Constitution | United States |
List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy |
