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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.
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, a sloop-of-war, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of Saratoga of the American Revolutionary War. Her keel was laid down in the summer of 1841 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 26 July 1842 and commissioned on 4 January 1843 with Commander Josiah Tattnall III in command.
The ship also carried 14 Marine Corps Buffalos for delivery at Wake. [14] Before the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in mid-1942, Saratoga ' s air group consisted of 90 aircraft, comprising 37 Wildcats, 37 Dauntlesses and 16 Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers. [15] In early 1945, the ship carried 53 Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters and 17 Avengers ...
TCG Muavenet (DM-357) (previously USS Gwin, transferred in 1971) was a destroyer minelayer of the Turkish Navy crippled by two Sea Sparrow missiles fired from the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga during a NATO exercise in Saros Bay, Turkey in 1992, resulting in five deaths and 22 injured among its crew.
USS Saratoga may refer to the following United States Navy warships: USS Saratoga (1780), an 18-gun sloop-of-war launched in 1780; lost at sea the following year; USS Saratoga (1814), a 26-gun corvette built on Lake Champlain for service in the War of 1812; USS Saratoga (1842), a 22-gun sloop-of-war; commissioned 1843; served until 1888
USS Detroit, USS Seattle (AOE-3), USS Savannah, USS Mount Baker and USNS Sirius were the fuel, ammunition and combat stores (food and supplies) replenishment ships supplying the entire battle group. Coral Sea and Saratoga had participated in the first two parts of the operation, and were joined by America in mid-March.
World War II: Operation Cockpit: The Kamitsu-class transport was sunk at Sabang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies by aircraft from HMS Illustrious ( Royal Navy) and USS Saratoga ( United States Navy). The ship was refloated on 2 January 1945 and towed to Singapore. [117] RTShch-37 Soviet Navy