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USC&GS Ranger

Call sign (1924):
Nan - Unit - Dog - George

ex-USS SP-237
ex-USS Ranger (SP 237)

Civilian call sign (1933):
King - Jig - William - Fox

SP-237 served both the U. S. Navy and the Coast and Geodetic Survey

Patrol Yacht:

The fifth Ranger was built in 1910 by Robert Jacob, City Island, NY for Thomas W. Slocum of New York City

Acquired by the Navy 22 June 1917

Commissioned USS Ranger (SP 237), 9 October 1917

Renamed SP-237 in 1918 to avoid confusion with Ranger (SP 369)

Decommissioned 28 April 1919, struck from the Navy Register, transferred to the Coast and Geodetic Survey and commissioned USC&GS Ranger

Returned to Navy control 26 November 1930

Struck from the Navy Register 4 September 1931

Sold 21 December 1931

Registered in 1933 to Cooper-Young of Tampa, FL as the freighter Ranger

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 219 t.

Length 145'

1933 - 131'

Beam 22'

Draft 7'

1933 - 10'

Speed 13 kts.

Complement 45

1933 - 13

Armament: Four 6-pounders

Propulsion: Two Almy boilers, two 225hp vertical triple expansion steam engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Yacht Ranger
	95k	Fine screen halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1910-1916 U.S. Navy photo NH 100222	Naval Historical Center
	122k	During the week of naval maneuvers in the New York area in September 1916 Library of Congress photo LC-B2-3968-5	Mike Green
USS SP-237
	97k	SS Coronado, "One of the hundreds of cargo ships that carried an armed guard, usually with a Chief Petty Officer in command, during the First World War." (quoted from the original World War I era caption) This may be the freighter Coronado completed by Moore and Scott Iron Works of Oakland, California, early in 1918. However, though this ship generally resembles that seen in a January 1918 photo of the Oakland-built Coronado, there are significant differences, among them the built-up midships hull side seen here. The ship passing by in the right background is USS SP-237 (formerly named Ranger). Location is probably in the vicinity of New York City. The view may have been taken in late 1918 or early 1919, as the ship's gun platforms are empty. Naval Historical Center photo NH 55386	Robert Hurst
	83k	Fine screen halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1918-1919, while she was operating in icy waters in the vicinity of New York City. U.S. Navy photo NH 100223	Naval Historical Center
USC&GS Ranger
	75k	Courtesy of City Island Nautical Museum	Tom Nye
	93k		NOAA
	263k	NOAA photo the3939	Robert Hurst
	125k	c. 1921 San Juan, Puerto Rico	NOAA