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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 .
English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CVA-60) with her crew manning the rail on the flight deck, as she arrives in Barcelona, Spain, 12 February 1965. Saratoga, with assigned Attack Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 28 November 1964 to 12 July 1965.
The incident on Hill 192 refers to the kidnapping, gang rape, and murder of Phan Thi Mao, a young Vietnamese woman, [1] on November 19, 1966 [2] by an American squad during the Vietnam War. [1] Although news of the incident reached the U.S. shortly after the soldiers' trials, [ 3 ] the story gained widespread notoriety through Daniel Lang's ...
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VA-37, USS Saratoga: North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: His A-7A #153206 crashed at sea [70] Presumptive finding of death [3] June 18: Kilpatrick, Larry R: Lieutenant: US Navy: VA-105, USS Saratoga: North Vietnam: His A-7A was lost while on a night attack mission [71] Presumptive finding of death [3] until 18 May 2018 when he was accounted for [72 ...
John Howard Cassady (April 3, 1896 – January 25, 1969) was an admiral in the United States Navy.He was Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean from 1954 to 1956.
During the 1966 deployment two members of the squadron became known by successfully engaging a Vietnam People's Air Force MiG-17, an unusual instance of propeller-driven aircraft defeating a jet-powered adversary. VA-176 KA-6D Intruder tanker aircraft. In 1967 VA-176 was back in the Mediterranean Sea aboard the USS Saratoga as part of CVW-3.
On 30 June 1973, Carrier Division 6 was redesignated a carrier group, along with all similar formations. After a brief stop in Palma (24–28 August 1978), USS Forrestal (CV-59) left the Mediterranean en route to the Atlantic and the North and Norwegian Seas, to take part in the huge NATO exercise Northern Wedding (4–18 September). [3]