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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 ...
The Aircraft Carrier USS Saratoga, Public domain photo from history.navy.mil {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}} en:Image:Uss saratoga cv3.jpg File usage The following 12 pages use this file:
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 .
The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3). [1]
assigned to USS Saratoga (CV 3) VS-41: VS-1B(1st): May 1928 – 1930 VS-1S: 1930-1931 VS-1B(2nd): 1931-1 Jul 1937 VS-41: 1 Jul 1937 – 15 Mar 1941 VF-42(1st): 15 Mar 1941 – 22 Jun 1942 VF-42 (1st) 22 June 1942 assigned to USS Ranger (CV 4) as one of two VS squadrons. Redesignated as second VF squadron in the Air Group on 15 March 1941 VS-33: ...
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The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) sinking in Bikini Atoll lagoon after bomb damage sustained during the "Baker" atomic test of Operation Crossroads, at 15:40h, 25 July 1946. The battleship USS New York (BB-34) is visible on the right, two Sims-class destroyers on the left. Date: 25 July 1946: Source