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USS Ranger
Eight ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Ranger.
- The first Ranger was an 18-gun ship sloop[?] built in 1777 and commanded by John Paul Jones, the first US ship to be saluted but captured by the British in 1780 and renamed 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 was a steel yacht commissioned in 1917 and stricken 1918, subsequently serving in the Coast Guard.
- The sixth Ranger was a minesweeper built in 1882 and commissioned 11 September 1918, and used in coastal defense until returned to her owner 10 January 1919.
- The seventh Ranger (CV-4) was the first Navy ship originally designed to be an aircraft carrier, operating in the Atlantic during World War II.
- The eighth Ranger (CVA-61)[?] was also an aircraft carrier, the largest in the world when launched in 1957, decommissioned 1993 and presently mothballed, although there is interest in making her into a museum ship.
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