USS Ranger
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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:
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
, and has been used by one ship of the Continental Navy
Continental Navy
The Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively...
and nine ships of the U.S. Navy:
- The first 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 was a schooner mounting a single 18-pounder gun, purchased in 1814 and sold in 1816.
- The third RangerUSS Ranger (Ontario)The third USS Ranger was a 14-gun brigantine that served in the U.S. Navy from 1814 to 1821.Ranger was purchased on Lake Ontario in 1814 for duty with Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron in the War of 1812, serving as a transport or supply vessel. She was condemned as being unfit for repairs or...
was a 14-gun brig also purchased in 1814 for operations on Lake Ontario, and sold in 1821. - The fourth 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)USS Ranger (SP-237)The fifth USS Ranger was United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.Ranger was built as the steam-driven, steel-hulled yacht Thomas Slocum by Robert Jacob Shipyard at City Island, Bronx, New York, in 1910. She later was renamed Ranger. The U.S. Navy purchased Ranger from her...
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)USS Ranger (SP-369)The sixth USS Ranger was a coastal minesweeper that served in the U.S. Navy from 1918 to 1919.Ranger was a wooden motorboat built by T. A. Scott Company, New London, Connecticut, in 1882 and rebuilt in 1915. She was acquired by the U.S...
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 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 , 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 was an aircraft carrier, the largest in the world when launched in 1957, decommissioned in 1993.