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USS Saratoga (CV/CVA/CVB-60) was the second of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Saratoga was the sixth U.S. Navy ship, and the second aircraft carrier, to be named for the Battles of Saratoga in the American Revolutionary War .
An associated press report says this: "An engine compartment of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga flooded Sunday while the vessel was at a dock In Athens, Greece, the Navy reported today. A Navy spokesman at the Saratoga's home base said the ship was in no danger of sinking and there was no personal injury." ("Engine Area Floods On Carrier ...
30 September 1993 37 years, 364 days Scrapped in 2015 [52] [53] [54] CV-60 Saratoga: Forrestal: 14 April 1956 20 August 1994 38 years, 128 days Scrapped in 2019 [55] CV-61 Ranger: Forrestal: 10 August 1957 10 July 1993 35 years, 334 days Scrapped in 2017 [56] CV-62 Independence: Forrestal: 10 January 1959 30 September 1998 39 years, 263 days
Unlike the other carriers in the Gulf War, USS Midway couldn't carry the S-3 Viking or the F-14 Tomcat due to her size constraints meaning the ship instead had three F/A-18 squadrons. NF101 (BuNo 162887), an F/A-18A Hornet assigned to VFA-195 Dambusters aboard the USS Midway, CV-41 in the 1991 Gulf War.
20 August – USS Saratoga decommissioned. [27] 1995. USS John C. Stennis (left) and HMS Illustrious (right) 1 August – Novorossiysk and Minsk sold for scrap, Minsk not scrapped. [110] 9 September – USS Oriskany sold for scrap, not scrapped. [27] 10 October – HMS Ocean launched. 9 December – USS John C. Stennis commissioned. [90] 1996
On 13 April 1972 the squadron diverted an EA-6A detachment that was scheduled to deploy on the Saratoga in the Mediterranean to WESTPAC to join VMCJ-1 at NAS Cubi Point. [2] The VMCJ-2 detachment operated in concert with VMCJ-1 to support strikes against North Vietnam under Operation Linebacker that ended with the release of the U.S. POWs early ...
VA-204 (now designated VFC-204) is the only squadron which was established with the wing and remains a part of it today. [citation needed] In June 1975, the wing deployed aboard USS Saratoga (CV-60), composed of VF-201, VF-202, VA-203, VA-204, VA-205, VPF-206, and VAQ-208. The squadrons conducted carrier qualifications alongside units from CVWR-30.
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