Would USS Ranger go to the Pacific after a worse Pearl Harbor?

If most US carriers were destroyed at Pearl Harbor, would USS Ranger be sent to the Pacific?

Probably, because the crisis would demand every available deck, but the US Navy would be reluctant to expose Ranger in heavily contested waters.

A furious US Navy would surge every usable carrier asset forward, rush Hornet, and seek faster completion or assistance from British yards. Accelerating British carriers could divert labour from escorts, showing that emergency reinforcement would impose costs elsewhere in the shipbuilding programme. Ranger would likely be sent west because of the crisis, but she remained an uneasy choice for contested waters and had needed substantial protection even in her Atlantic operations. The scenario exposes the difference between possessing a flight deck and possessing a robust fleet carrier.