Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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USS Ranger (CV-4)

Unique purpose-built aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.

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Related time notes

  1. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    1:14:59Separate light carriers could replace Ranger and Wasp with more YorktownsNotable Point
  2. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    49:01Ranger shows the structural cost of a very light carrierNotable Point
  3. Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...
    4:02:07Ranger, torpedo storage, and the carriers available in 1942Notable Point
  4. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:32:50Pearl Harbor delayed until the carriers returnQ&A
  5. 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 3
    1:00:15Fleet Problem XIX tests massed air attacksNotable Point
  6. 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 3
    1:04:39Exercise 78 changes the map and tests scouting in bad weatherNotable Point
  7. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    7:04:08Would larger American carriers help the Fleet Air Arm in 1940?Q&A
  8. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    8:04:44Why Ranger is a fairer comparison for Bearn than LangleyQ&A
  9. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    2:41:54Converting Ranger and Wasp into aviation support carriersQ&A
  10. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:22:52USS Ranger in the opening Pacific carrier warQ&A
  11. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:49:07American carriers in the wartime MediterraneanQ&A
  12. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...
    33:36Would USS Ranger go to the Pacific after a worse Pearl Harbor?Q&A
  13. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    3:40:28USS Ranger's value in Operation TorchQ&A
  14. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    25:22Where the American carriers were on 4 DecemberNotable Point
  15. Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall
    1:51:53Were Ranger and Wasp light fleet carriers?Q&A
  16. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    6:45Carrier baselines before wartime shortcutsNotable Point
  17. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    22:50Trunked exhaust tests the limits of carrier layoutNotable Point
  18. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    1:03:17The Lexington model points toward the modern carrierChapter
  19. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    23:53Lexington and Ranger reverse early expectationsChapter
  20. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    45:12Ranger exposes infrastructure and innovation limitsNotable Point
  21. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    1:06:20Wasp's deck-edge lift creates aviation spaceNotable Point
  22. Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!
    23:27Ranger and Wasp reveal the desired air groupQ&A
  23. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    1:11:20Ranger compresses a large air group into a treaty hullChapter
  24. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    1:20:06A larger Hawkins design reshapes the carrier treaty counterfactualChapter
  25. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    31:48How Admiral Pratt planted the US Navy's carrier programQ&A
  26. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    35:36Could a 10,000-ton Ranger be useful?Q&A
  27. USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response
    0:51Why Ranger and Wasp remained experimental carriersQ&A
  28. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    16:01From Yorktown to the Midway classNotable Point
  29. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    1:05:21Ranger lacked room for wartime aircraft growthChapter
  30. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    1:09:23Ranger received a smaller refit for night-fighter trainingNotable Point
  31. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    2:05:01USS Ranger could not grow with naval aviationChapter
  32. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    2:09:15Why did USS Ranger have six folding funnels?Q&A
  33. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    49:02Ranger and Ryujo pushed light construction too farChapter
  34. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:02:02Ranger and Ryūjō chased air groups on too little hullChapter
  35. Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions
    19:05Why USS Ranger was useful off NorwayNotable Point
  36. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    46:45Ranger was a last-resort Pacific substituteQ&A
  37. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    1:56:09A plausible Soviet wartime carrier would resemble RangerQ&A
  38. Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat
    43:03A treaty-limit Ranger and better-protected YorktownsQ&A
  39. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion
    22:16What flawed first-generation carriers still taught naviesNotable Point
  40. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 3
    7:38USS Ranger tests the small purpose-built carrierChapter
  41. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:55:34Ranger, Soryu, Yorktown, and Enterprise refine fleet carriersChapter
  42. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    9:00The U.S. Atlantic Squadron as the weaker 1939 frontChapter