Were Ranger and Wasp light fleet carriers?

Should USS Ranger or USS Wasp be considered a United States light fleet carrier?

They can be, because both pursued fleet-carrier capability on light displacement, though Wasp was the better of two heavily compromised designs.

The classification is arguable rather than absolute. Both ships were American attempts to deliver a full fleet carrier's mission on light-carrier displacement. That ambition makes the label defensible, but it also explains why the resulting designs carried major compromises. Wasp is judged the better design of the two, although both ships raise serious questions. A carrier's intended role can differ sharply from the displacement and design compromises used to achieve it.