This is the USS Ranger CV 4. You can see the 3 starboard funnels under the wing of the airplane. Also the shape of the flight deck and the anti aircraft mount in front of the bridge further clues.
I am new to this site and I am reading from the first topics toward current topics. One reason for the PBY being the best is time on station. In the Atlantic due to the slow speed of the cruise the PBY could stay over a convoy for a longer time then most of the planes listed. It would take...