USS Ranger Launch, First Purpose-Built US Navy Aircraft Carrier, February 25, 1933
Launch of the USS Ranger at Newport News, Virginia. It is the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned by the US Navy.
Date: February 25, 1933
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