American fleet-carrier availability was limited in 1942. The request to borrow a British carrier for Pacific service provides the example. Ranger is judged unlikely to have been sent there. Her lack of a torpedo magazine is the specific limitation mentioned, without a full comparison of her operational suitability.
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Ranger, torpedo storage, and the carriers available in 1942
A brief follow-up connects the request for a British carrier with Ranger's limitations and American carrier availability.