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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 .
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.
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 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 ...
A plane director guides an F-14 Tomcat aircraft into position over a catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60). Camera manufacturer: NIKON: Camera model: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 8000 ED: Author: PH1 WILLIAM SHAYKA: Orientation: Normal: Horizontal resolution: 300 dpi: Vertical resolution: 300 dpi: Software used: Adobe ...
September–October 1957: During the squadron's deployment aboard USS Wasp, its mission was temporarily changed from attack to a fighter role in order to provide air protection for the VS squadrons operating from the carrier. 1 June 1958: The squadron's mission changed from a light attack squadron to a fleet replacement training squadron.
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Sanderson was commissioned as an ensign in July 1945. He then served as a gunnery officer on the destroyers USS Mansfield (DD-728) and USS Bausell (DD-845). In January 1949, Sanderson began flight training in Pensacola, Florida. In May 1950, he was designated a naval aviator after completing advanced flight training in Corpus Christi, Texas. [3]