USS Enterprise (CV-6)
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USS Enterprise was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name. Colloquially called "The Big E", she was the sixth air
Aerial view of Enterprise at sea in 1945
USS Enterprise in 1939
VT-6 TBDs on USS Enterprise during the Battle of Midway
Near hit during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942
USS Ranger (CV-4)
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USS Ranger was an interwar United States Navy aircraft carrier, the only ship of its class. A Treaty ship, Ranger was the first U.S. vessel to be designed and built from the keel up as a carrier. She
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
…survive World War II. She was also one of only three American fleet carriers commissioned before the war to survive it; the others were Saratoga and Ranger . Enterprise participated in more major actions of the war against Japan than any other United States ship. These actions included the attack on Pearl…
USS Ranger underway at sea, 1930s
Ranger launching, 25 February 1933
Ranger (bottom), Lexington (middle), and Saratoga off Honolulu, 8 April 1936
Aircraft on Ranger's deck during Operation Torch