Ranger (yacht)

Ranger

A model of the Ranger
Yacht club	New York Yacht Club
Nation	United States
Class	J class
Designer(s)	Starling Burgess, Olin Stephens
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Launched	May 11, 1937
Owner(s)	Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
Fate	Scrapped c.1940
Racing career
Notable victories	1937 America's Cup
America's Cup	1937
Specifications
Displacement	166 tons
Length	135 ft 2 in (41.20 m) (LOA)[1] 87 ft (27 m) (LWL)
Beam	20 ft 10 in (6.35 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)

Ranger was a J-class racing yacht that successfully defended the 1937 America's Cup, defeating the British challenger Endeavour II 4–0 at Newport, Rhode Island. It was the last time J-class yachts would race for the America's Cup.