Trumpeter 1/350 USS Ranger CV-4 1942 05629USS Ranger (CV 4) was the first ship of the United States Navy to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier. Ranger was a relatively small ship, closer in size and displacement to the first U. S. carrie Langley than later ships. An island superstructure was not included in the original design, but was added after completion. Of the eight pre war U. S. aircraft carriers CV 1 through CV 8, Ranger was one of only three to survive the