USS Ranger in the opening Pacific carrier war

What if USS Ranger had been sent to the Pacific at the beginning of the Second World War?

She might add one useful strike or absorb attacks, but would be highly vulnerable and likely lost quickly.

Ranger could add aircraft to an early strike and divert Japanese attacks from other American carriers. Her survival prospects against Japanese carrier forces would be poor. That extra striking capacity would therefore come with a high risk of losing the ship. Once escort carriers entered service, Ranger could operate as a larger counterpart, but her value made treating her as expendable difficult to justify.