(CC-4: dp. 43,500 (f.); l. 874'; b. 105'5"; d. 31'; s. 35 k.; cpl. 1,500; a. 8 16", 14 6", 4 3", 8 21" tt.)

Ranger (CC-4), originally Lexington (q.v.), was renamed Ranger on 10 December 1917. Laid down 23 June 1921 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Va., construction of the battlecruiser was canceled on 17 August 1923 under the terms of the Treaty Limiting Naval Armaments. The hull, 4 percent completed, was sold for scrap to Steel Scrap Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 8 November 1923.