The Navy's Forgotten Arctic Raid: USS Ranger and Operation Leader | Battle Stars Ep. 6

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Published on October 12, 2023 11:00:20 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBedZrB28xU

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The US Navy commissioned Ranger in 1934 as the first US purpose-built carrier. Though overloaded and obsolete, when called to go in harm’s way for Operation Leader, in the frigid waters off Norway in October 1943, the old ship came across in good style, making two navies proud.

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Credits: US National Archives, US Naval Institute, Naval History & Heritage Command, Naval Historical Foundation (now apart of USNI)

Sources:
1. Cressman, Robert J. USS Ranger: The Navy’s First Flattop from Keel to Mast, 1934-1946 (Washington, DC: Brassey’s, Inc., 2003).
2. Friedman, Norman. U.S. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History, Rev. Ed. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2022).
3. Morison, Samuel Eliot, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. X, The Atlantic Battle Won, May 1943—May 1945 (Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1953; reprinted Naval Institute Press, 2011).