USS <i>Ranger</i>
Subtitle: The Navys First Flattop from Keel to Mast, 1934-1946
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Published: November 7, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781574887204
Subjects: Naval forces & warfare; Naval History - World War II; Navigation; Technology; History - Military / War; Military; USA; Military - Naval; Military - United States; Military - World War II; History / Military / Naval; Military Science; Ranger (Aircraft carrier : CV-; Ranger (Aircraft carrier : CV-4)
First sentence: A festive atmosphere prevailed at Newport news that Saturday as Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the out-going President of the United states and the first First Lady to christen an aircraft carrier, declared, "I christen thee Rangee."