Last update: 22.02.2001
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Ranger class
General Info
Fleet / Country: United States Navy / United States In service from: 1934 Complement (officers/enlisted): 1788

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
234,40  /   222,00
Beam overall / wl.:
24,40  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
6  /  
Air deck
228,6x24,4
Hangar decks
152x21
Elevators
2: 15,6x12,5

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
14500
Full loaded
20500

Armament
Main guns
8x127/25
Secondary guns
43: 24x40, 46x20
Planes
72
Catapults
2 x H-II

Engines
Boilers
6 Babcock & Wilcox sectional express
Turbines
2 HP Curtis & 2 LP Parsons geared turbines
Shafts
2

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
29,5
endurance
9960 miles @ 15 kts
Engines load
53500 HP
Fuel
3100 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
5 93300

Armor
(milimetres)
Main Battery turrets
Ranger,