USS Ranger

USS Ranger is a historic name in the United States Navy, and has been used by one ship of the Continental Navy and nine ships of the U.S. Navy:

• The first Ranger was an 18-gun ship sloop built in 1777 and commanded by John Paul Jones. She was captured by the British in 1780 and renamed HMS Halifax.
• The second Ranger was a schooner mounting a single 18-pounder gun, purchased in 1814 and sold in 1816.
• The third Ranger was a 14-gun brig also purchased in 1814 for operations on Lake Ontario, and sold in 1821.
• The fourth Ranger was an iron vessel mounting four guns, commissioned in 1876, converted to a nautical school ship in 1908, and broken up in 1940.
• The fifth Ranger (SP-237) was a steel yacht commissioned in 1917 and decommissioned in 1919, subsequently serving in the Department of Commerce from 1919 to 1930 before being returned to the Navy and sold in 1931.
• The sixth Ranger (SP-369) was a minesweeper built in 1882 and commissioned in 1918, and used in coastal defense until returned to her owner in 1919.
• The seventh Ranger (CC-5) was a Lexington-class battlecruiser renamed USS Constitution (CC-5) on 10 December 1917 and laid down in 1921, but canceled in 1923 and scrapped prior to completion.
• The eighth Ranger (CC-4) was a Lexington-class battlecruiser originally named Lexington, renamed Ranger on 10 December 1917 and laid down in 1921, but canceled in 1923 and scrapped prior to completion.
• The ninth Ranger (CV-4), the first U.S. Navy ship originally designed to be an aircraft carrier, was commissioned in 1934, operated in the Atlantic during World War II, and was sold for scrapping in 1947.
• The tenth Ranger (CV-61) was an aircraft carrier, the largest in the world when launched in 1957, decommissioned in 1993.