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USS Saratoga (CV-3) was a Lexington-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1920s. Originally designed as a battlecruiser , she was converted into one of the Navy's first aircraft carriers during construction to comply with the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.
The Lexington-class aircraft carriers were a pair of aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy (USN) during the 1920s, the USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3). The ships were built on hulls originally laid down as battlecruisers after World War I , but under the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, all U.S. battleship and ...
Four new squadrons were established and three new Aircraft Carriers commissioned; USS Lexington (CV 2) on 14 Dec 1927, USS Saratoga (CV 3) on 16 Nov 1927 and USS Ranger (CV 4) on 4 Jun 1934. Squadrons were assigned variously to the Aircraft Carriers USS Langley (CV 1), USS Lexington (CV 2), USS Saratoga (CV 3) and USS Ranger (CV 4) as needed to ...
Squadrons were redesignated to conform with the hull number of the Aircraft Carrier to which they were assigned: [19] CV 2, CV 3, CV 4 and CV 5 (USS Yorktown (CV-5) was commissioned on 30 Sep 1937). USS Langley (CV 1) had ceased operating as an Aircraft Carrier by October 1936 and had been converted to a seaplane tender Ship Named Air Groups [h ...
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 .
Established as Saratoga Air Group on 1 July 1938 (squadrons operating from USS Saratoga (CV-3) had been informally called "Saratoga Air Group" beginning 6 Jan 1928 but the air group was not established as a unit until 1 July 1938), redesignated CVG-3 (1st use of the designation) on 25 Sep 1943, redesignated CVAG-3 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated ...
USS Saratoga (CV-3) USS Princeton (CVL-23) USN Task Group 50.3 (Montgomery) USS Essex (CV-9) USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) USS Independence (CVL-22) Invasion of Makin Atoll (13–23 November 1943) Gilbert Islands US Task Forces ? and 52 (Turner): USS Enterprise (CV-6) First carrier-launched night flights; USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) Sunk by torpedo from ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. A. USS Anderson; ... USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) USS Saratoga (CV-3) USS Searaven; USS Skate (SS-305) USS Skipjack (SS-184)