Ranger was launched in 2215, and shortly thereafter changed to NCC. Three years later, in 2218, the Ranger was sent on a first contact mission to Agbar IV. The mission took a disastrous turn, and the Ranger was destroyed by a Klingon attack. (Decipher RPG module: Starfleet Operations Manual) Named after the (currently) eight US Navy warships named USS Ranger, the last two having been aircraft carriers.