19 Aug 1943
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- USS Ranger arrived at Scapa Flow, Scotland where she joined the Royal Navy’s Home Fleet. ww2dbase [Ranger | Orkney Islands, Scotland | DS]
31 Aug 1943
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- Fleet Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, came aboard USS Ranger at Scapa Flow, Scotland and remained aboard for that day’s exercises with the Home Fleet. Ranger returned to Scapa Flow later that day and Admiral Fraser left the ship. ww2dbase [Bruce Fraser | Ranger | Orkney Islands, Scotland | DS]
8 Sep 1943
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- USS Ranger sailed from Scapa Flow, Scotland on a sortie with the Home Fleet that ranged 350 miles northward into the Norwegian Sea east of Iceland. ww2dbase [Ranger | Orkney Islands, Scotland | DS]
10 Sep 1943
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- USS Ranger returned to the anchorage at Scapa Flow, Scotland. ww2dbase [Ranger | Orkney Islands, Scotland | DS]
2 Oct 1943
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- USS Ranger sortied from Scapa Flow, Scotland with the Home Fleet as part of Operation Leader designed to attack German shipping in the harbor at Bodø, Norway. ww2dbase [Ranger | Orkney Islands, Scotland | DS]
6 Oct 1943
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- USS Ranger and the ships of Operation Leader returned to the anchorage at Scapa Flow, Scotland. ww2dbase [Ranger | Orkney Islands, Scotland | DS]
15 Oct 1943
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- USS Ranger and the Home Fleet departed Scapa Flow, Scotland bound for Akureyri on the north coast of Iceland. ww2dbase [Ranger | Orkney Islands, Scotland | DS]
22 Oct 1943
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- USS Ranger and the Royal Navy Home Fleet arrived at Scapa Flow, Scotland. ww2dbase [Ranger | Orkney Islands, Scotland | DS]
24 Oct 1943
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- USS Ranger departed Scapa Flow bound for Rosyth, Scotland. ww2dbase [Ranger | Orkney Islands, Scotland | DS]
5 Nov 1943
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- USS Ranger arrived at Scapa Flow, Scotland. ww2dbase [Ranger | Orkney Islands, Scotland | DS]
22 Nov 1943
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- USS Ranger departed Scapa Flow bound for Hvalfjörður, Iceland. ww2dbase [Ranger | Orkney Islands, Scotland | DS]
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