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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 .
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Sanderson was deployed with VA-76 aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in the Caribbean. He served as executive officer from March to November 1962 and as commanding officer from November 1962 to December 1963. [3] [6] Sanderson was then given command of Attack Wing Three aboard USS Saratoga. [3]
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.
On 29 September 1970, VA-37 participated in an air power demonstration for President Richard Nixon during his two-day visit to USS Saratoga while she steamed in the Mediterranean. From June to October 1971, VA-37 participated in the test and evaluation of the new CV concept during USS Saratoga ' s deployment to the North Atlantic and the ...
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.
October 1966: The squadron transferred a detachment of aircraft and personnel to VAP-61 to augment that squadron’s operations in Vietnam. 25 August 1967: A squadron RA-3B #144835 disappeared on a nighttime photo-reconnaissance mission, the 3 man crew were killed in action, body not recovered.
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 ...
In September 1958 Gralla was ordered back to the Bureau of Ordnance in Washington, D.C. [4] In 1961 he led an investigation of a deadly fire aboard the carrier USS Saratoga. In 1966 he was appointed Director of the reorganized Bureau of Ordnance Systems. [1] Upon promotion to admiral, he commanded Destroyer Flotilla II in the Atlantic Fleet.