Launch of the <a about="#mwt73" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Ranger"},"2":{"wt":"CV-4"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-4)" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Ranger (CV-4)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Ranger</i></a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" id="mwhA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News, Virginia</a>. It is the first purpose-built <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" id="mwhQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> to be commissioned by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Navy" id="mwhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="US Navy">US Navy</a>.<sup about="#mwt77" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"}}' id="cite_ref-13" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_25#cite_note-13" id="mwhw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwiA">[13]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"><cite about="#mwt74" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFCressman2003">Cressman, Robert J. (2003). <i id="mwBwQ">USS Ranger: The Navy's First Flattop from Keel to Mast, 1934–1946</i>. Dulles, Virginia: Potomac Books. pp.<span id="mwBwU" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>3–6. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBwY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBwc" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-15-74887-20-4" id="mwBwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-15-74887-20-4"><bdi id="mwBwk">978-15-74887-20-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt74" class="Z3988" id="mwBwo" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=USS+Ranger%3A+The+Navy%27s+First+Flattop+from+Keel+to+Mast%2C+1934%E2%80%931946&amp;rft.place=Dulles%2C+Virginia&amp;rft.pages=3-6&amp;rft.pub=Potomac+Books&amp;rft.date=2003&amp;rft.isbn=978-15-74887-20-4&amp;rft.aulast=Cressman&amp;rft.aufirst=Robert+J.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+25"></span></span>