When the US Navy was desperate for Aircraft Carriers why did they not bring the USS Ranger to the Pacific?

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Scott

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Indy answered this in a recent episode

The Ranger was the only major US carrier in the Atlantic fleet and was required for operation Torch and could not be spared for the pacific.

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Furthermore she was also too old (1933), too small and too slow to work with the fast task forces in the Pacific - read more : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-4)

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