

USS Ranger CV-4 1937
#otd USS Ranger CV-4 entering Hunter's Point drydock, San Francisco, CA, March 2, 1937. She was the first carrier to be docked with...


USS Santee ACV-29 (1942)
#otd USS Santee ACV-29 (CVE-29) a view from close aboard, taken from USS Ranger CV-4, 15 October 1942, in measure 17 dazzle camouflage....


First Landing aboard USS Ranger CV-4
#otd Vought O3U-3 9318 makes the first landing on board USS Ranger CV-4, 21 June 1934. #ussranger #cv4 #o3u #navalsafari #flynavy...


USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA-42 (1966)
Per request, here is USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA-42 underway in the Gulf of Tonkin with CVW-1 embarked, September 1966. That’s quite a...


L-4 236389
Piper L-4 236389 named "Elizabeth" prepares to take off from the flight deck of USS Ranger CV-4, to spot gunfire and carry out...


More Wildcat Wednesday
More #WildcatWednesday with USS Ranger CV-4 on 10 October 1942 showing an #F4F-4 #Grumman #Wildcat of VF-41 being towed aft by a tow...


USS Ranger CV-4 (1942)
Here is a look at USS Ranger CV-4 in August 1942 underway in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Note flight deck identification letters R N G R...


F8F in 1944
A look back to 1944 with an F8F preparing to depart USS Ranger CV-4. #ussranger #cv4 #f8f #bearcat #wwii #1944 #flynavy #navalsafari...


Caption?
Caption? (#otd in 1942 a F4F-4 Wildcat crashed aboard USS RANGER CV-4 after an off center landing attempt. The pilot was Ensign G. W....

Wildcat Broadside
More #wildcatwednesday, who says aircraft carriers can’t give a broadside? Here are F4F-4 Wildcats testing machine guns aboard USS...