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{{ShipCareer|fullname=U.S.S. ''Ranger'' (1876)|fate2=to [[United States Maritime Commission|Maritime Commission]].<br>Broken up 1958
|hullno=PG-23
|comm=27 November, 1876{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 78}}
|fatedate=11 April, 1940{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 78}}
|order=10 February, 1873{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 78}}
|name=Ranger
|launch=10 May, 1876{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 78}}
|builder=[[Harlan & Hollingsworth]]{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 78}}
|laid=1873{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 78}}
|decomm=9 March, 1922{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 2}}
|fate=Transferred
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Ranger''''' was one of three [[Alert Class Gunboat (1874)|''Alert'' Class gunboats]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].

Her name was changed to '''''Rockport''''' on 30 October, 1917 and then to '''''Nantucket''''' on 20 February,  1918.

==Service==
Ranger served as a school ship after 1909.

==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Ranger''" nat="US">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=George Cook Reiter|nick=George C. Reiter|appt=c. 1890|end=|note=in command during the Barrundia Affair}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Wells Laflin Field|nick=Wells L. Field|appt=4 November, 1899{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 12}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}} (retired)|name=Patrick William Hourigan|nick=Patrick W. Hourigan|appt=1915<ref>''Boston Globe'' 27 Apr 1915 p. 5.</ref>|end=1918<ref>''Navy Directory'' 1 March 1918 p. 80</ref>|note=also [[Massachusetts Nautical School|Superintendent, Massachusetts Nautical School]]}}
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==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ranger_(PG-23)}}
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==Footnotes==
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