Ranger

 

One who wanders; a military scout.

 

VII

 

(CC - 4: displacement 43,500 (full load); length 874’; beam 105’5”; draft 31’; speed 35 knots; complement 1,500; armament 8 16”, 14 6”, 4 3”, 8 21” torpedo tubes)

 

Ranger (CC-4), originally Lexington (q. v.), was renamed Ranger on 10 December 1917. Laid down 23 June 1921 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Va., construction of the battle cruiser 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 Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 8 November 1923.