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	History of Ships and Navies/CV-3 USS Saratoga
		The fourth Saratoga (CV-3) was laid down on 25 September 1920 as BattleCruiser #3 by the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.; ordered convertedto an aircraft carrier and reclassified CV 3 on 1 July 1922 in accordancewith the Washington Treaty limiting naval armaments; launched on 7 April1925, sponsored by Mrs.
		Saratoga continued thisimportant training duty for almost four months, but as early as October,her division commander was warned that "while employed primarily fortraining, Saratoga is of great value for combat and is to be kept potentiallyavailable for combat duty." The call came in January 1945.
		Saratoga's flight deck forward was wrecked, her starboardside was holed twice and large fires were started in her hangar deck whileshe lost 123 of her crew dead or missing.
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	DANFS: USS Saratoga (CV-3)
		Saratoga continued operations in the Hawaiian Island region; but, on 11 January 1942, when heading towards a rendezvous with Enterprise, 500 miles south-west of Oahu, she was hit without warning by a deep-running torpedo fired by Japanese submarine, 1-16.
		Saratoga continued this important training duty for almost four months, but as early as October, her division commander was warned that "while employed primarily for training, Saratoga is of great value for combat and is to be kept potentially available for combat duty." The call came in January 1945.
		Saratoga's flight deck forward was wrecked, her starboard side was holed twice and large fires were started in her hangar deck, while she lost 123 of her crew dead or missing.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/danfs/CV/cv3.html (0 words)

	USS Saratoga (CV 60)
		USS SARATOGA was laid down on 16 December 1952 by the New York Naval Shipyard, New York City, N.Y.; launched on 8 October 1955; sponsored by Mrs.
		From the Gulf, SARATOGA returned to the Mediterranean and was there relieved on 7 October by USS JOHN F. "Super Sara," along with Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17), began her final deployment 12 January 1994, entering the Mediterranean Sea January 26 after a choppy Atlantic Ocean crossing.
		USS SARATOGA and the USS MISSISSINEWA (AO 144) are in a minor collision during an underway replenishment off the Florida coast.
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	The US Navy
		Saratoga was detached from the main force, and with an escorting cruiser, was sent on a wide southward sweep before turning north to approach within striking distance of her target, the Panama Canal.
		USS Lexington (CV 2) was at sea about 425 miles southeast of Midway toward which she was headed to deliver a Marine Scout Bombing Squadron.
		USS Enterprise (CV 6) was also at sea, about 200 miles west of Pearl Harbor, returning from Wake Island where she had delivered a Marine Fighter Squadron.
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	USN Ships--USS Saratoga (CV-3, originally CC-3)
		USS Saratoga, a 33,000-ton aircraft carrier, was converted from the battle cruiser Saratoga (CC-3) while under construction at Camden, New Jersey.
		USS Saratoga still lies beneath the waters of Bikini atoll, where she is occasionally visited by divers.
		USS Saratoga (CV-3) sinking in Bikini Lagoon after she was fatally damaged by the "Baker Day" underwater atomic bomb test, 25 July 1946.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/cv3.htm (0 words)

	The Carrier Project - CV-3 USS Saratoga
		Saratoga aircraft launched a successful surprise "attack" on the Panama Canal, which was defended by fleet elements including CV-2 USS Lexington.
		Saratoga sails on 8 December with Marine aircraft and personnel intended to reinforce Wake Island.
		Saratoga is taken in tow by the heavy cruiser CA-36 USS Minneapolis while her engineers make repairs.
	home.grandecom.net /~cvproj/cv03.htm (0 words)

	USS Saratoga Museum Foundation, Inc. - History and Background of CV-60
		This Saratoga (CV-60) was the second vessel of the supercarrier Forrestal class, and the second aircraft carrier to bear that name.
		After surviving the conflict, USS Saratoga (CV-3) went to the bottom of the Bikini Lagoon during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb testing in 1946.
		In 1985, Saratoga played a role in the rescue of the hijacked luxury liner Achille Lauro, and F-14 Tomcats from Saras Air Wing forced down the aircraft on which the hijackers were escaping.
	www.saratogamuseum.org /misc/sarahistory.html (0 words)

	The Home Page of the USS Saratoga Museum Foundation, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		3 November, 2006 - Independence Bank of East Greenwich is teaming up with the United States Department of Agriculture to provide the critical mass of funding needed to develop a family attraction, educational center and memorial at Quonset/Davisville featuring the retired aircraft carrier Saratoga as the centerpiece.
		The Saratoga is at this time still the property of the US Navy, and is not yet open to the public.
		A profile of Bob Albee, project manager of the USS Saratoga Museum Foundation and the Russian Sub Museum at Collier Point Park in Providence, and a Saratoga volunteer.
	www.saratogamuseum.org /index2.html (0 words)

	List Events for USS Saratoga - CV 60
		USS Saratoga 54th Annual Reunion: Open to all ship's company, squadrons & air groups and USMC.
		Las Vegas - NV USS Saratoga Association: This famous reunion was first started in 1952 by the CV-3 Saratoga sailors and represents all CV-3, CVA-60, CV-60 Saratoga sailors.
		Mobile - AL USS Saratoga CV-3, CVA-60, CV-60: This is a long and famous reunion dating back to 1952 and involving WWII, Cold War, Viet Nam War, and Gulf War Sailors.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageListEvents/1,13512,200206,00.html (0 words)

	US Navy History, USS Saratoga (CV-3, CVA/CV-60)
		A section is devoted to the veterans of the Saratoga.
		A short story tells of the first through the sixth vessel named USS Saratoga, with the first being in 1780 and the sixth in 1956.
		There are many breathtaking photos disbursed throughout the history section of this amazing book about the USS Saratoga.
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	USS SARATOGA ASSOCIATION (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The American flagship on that day was the Saratoga, under the command of 28 year old Commodore Thomas MacDonough.
		The purpose of the U.S.S. Saratoga Association is to perpetuate and honor the memory of two great fighting ships, and to hold an Annual Reunion of Saratoga Shipmates in order to enable members to maintain contact with other Shipmates.
		All Shipmates who served aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga (CV-3), (CVA-60), (CV-60) including all Squadrons having operated with the U.S.S. Saratoga are eligible to become members of the Association.
	www.uss-saratoga.com.cob-web.org:8888 (348 words)

	Kamikaze Damage to US and British Carriers
		Saratoga's flight deck forward was wrecked, her starboard side was holed twice and large fires were started in her hangar deck, and she lost 123 of her crew dead or missing.
		3 April 1945: At 1744, a Japanese single-engine plane missed the port forward corner of the flight deck, exploding in the water abreast the forecastle.
		For instance, USS Ticonderoga and USS Franklin were both hit twice and USS Intrepid suffered a total of five kamikaze hits.
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	USS Saratoga Museum Foundation, Inc. - Guestbook! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I was on the USS Saratoga in the VA-105 "Gun Slingers" during the Med Cruise of the Summer/Fall 1971.
		The USS Saratoga was attacked by a British ship on September 11, 1814, and her gallant crews fought back despite the ship sustaining some damage.
		I served on the USS Saratoga from 1989 to 1992 as a QM2.
	www.usssaratoga.com /guestbook (0 words)

	USS Saratoga CV-3
		She sailed from Philadelphia on 6 January 1928 forshakedown; and, on 11 January, her air officer, the future World War IIhero, Mare A. Mitscher, landed the first aircraft on board.
		During the secondphase of the problem, Saratoga launched a surprise air attack on Pearl Harborfrom a point 100 miles off Oahu, setting a pattern that the Japanese copiedin December 1941.
		During the return to the west coast, Saratoga and Lexingtonfollowed this feat with "strikes" on Mare Island and Alameda.Saratoga was under overhaul during the 1939 fleet concentration, but, between2 April and 21 June 1940, she participated in Fleet Problem XXI, the lastto be held due to the deepening world crisis.
	www.multied.com /navy/Cv3Saratoga.html (0 words)

	Ships at the Bikini Atoll
		Saratoga had a fuel capacity of 63,200 barrels of fuel oil, 249 barrels of diesel oil, and 132,264 gallons of gasoline.
		The USS Saratoga is the largest diveable vessel in the world, and the only aircraft carrier available for diving.
		She was also with the USS Wasp and the USS Hornet when they were sunk in WWII.
	www.huisking.com /bikini/Ships.htm (0 words)

	USN Ships--USS Saratoga (CC-3)
		USS Saratoga, a 43,500-ton Lexington class battle cruiser, was laid down at Camden, New Jersey, in September 1920.
		As the treaty allowed, she was converted to the aircraft carrier Saratoga (CV-3), beginning later in that year.
		This page features all our views of USS Saratoga (CC-3) while she was under construction as a battle cruiser.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/cc3.htm (0 words)

	Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USS Franklin, Trumpeter 1:700 Scale, Built by Mark Taylor - From the foothills of the Smokies, where all is seen in the orange tinted glasses of the
		USS Langley, CV-1, this is the second in the series of articles on the models of The National Museum of Naval Aviation.
		USS Saratoga, Martin Quinn has built the Fujimi 1:700 plastic kit with substantial modifications and additions.
	www.steelnavy.com /gallery_aircraft_carriers.htm (0 words)

	ships
		USS LEXINGTON (CV-2) - at sea having departed Pearl Harbor on December 5th to ferry Marine Corps aircraft to Midway.
		American technological skill raised and repaired all but three of the ships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor (the USS Arizona (BB-39) considered too badly damaged to be salvaged, the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) raised and considered too old to be worth repairing, and the obsolete USS Utah (AG-16) considered not worth the effort).
		The next two carriers, the LEXINGTON (CV-2) and the SARATOGA (CV-3), were built on unfinished battlecruiser hulls and kept the names selected for the cruisers.
	www.hawaiischoolreports.com /history/ships.htm (0 words)

	Sandcastle V.I. - Carriers: Airpower at Sea - Tour the Big E / Part 3
		Originally established as Carrier Air Group 3 (CVG-3) in July 1938, it is one of the two oldest carrier air wings in continuous U.S. Navy service.
		The air group was redesignated Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) in December 1963 and served during the Vietnam War aboard the USS Saratoga CV-61 in 1972.
		In May 1997, Carrier Air Wing 3 was assigned to the USS Enterprise CVN-65 and, as of August 1998, was undergoing carrier qualifications in preparation for deployment with the Enterprise to the Mediterranean.
	www.sandcastlevi.com /sea/carriers/big-e03.htm (0 words)

	US Fleet Carriers in World War II
		USS Intrepid (CV-11) afire, after she was hit by a "Kamikaze" off Okinawa on 16 April 1945.
		USS Enterprise (CV-6) entering Pearl Harbor on 26 May 1942.
		At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941), three operational carriers were stationed in the Pacific: Enterprise, Lexington, and Saratoga.
	ehistory.osu.edu /wwii/USNCV.cfm (0 words)

	USS Saratoga (CV-3) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Between 14 October and 29 October 1940, Saratoga transported a draft of military personnel from San Pedro to Hawaii, and on 6 January 1941, she entered the Bremerton Navy Yard for a long deferred modernization, including widening her flight deck forward, fitting a blister on her starboard side and additional small antiaircraft guns.
		Two hours later, Saratoga launched a strike which sent Japanese carrier Ryūjō to the bottom.
		She operated in the vicinity of Nouméa for the next twelve months, providing air cover for minor operations and protecting American forces in the Eastern Solomons.
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	USS Saratoga (CV-3)
		John Fry's book on the legendary aircraft carrier, entitled USS Saratoga (CV-3), was published in 1996 by Schiffer Publishing Ltd, of Atglen, Pennsylvania.
		John also publishes the Saratoga Log, an 8-page quarterly newsletter filled with photos and personal recollections of men who served aboard the carrier.
		USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) Transits the Straits of Magellan
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	The Official USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		His first was aboard the USS Saratoga (CV 3) in the gunnery, communications and engineering departments as a junior officer until 1940.
		He commanded the squadron throughout the period of hostilities, and was awarded the Navy Cross, "For extraordinary heroism in action against enemy forces during the Allied Invasion of Southern France in August 1944." Captain Bringle also received the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star from the Government of France for his part in the invasion.
		Another year and a half of sea duty as executive officer of the USS Hornet, 1953-1954, was alternated with 2 1/2 years of shore duty as head of the Operational Intelligence Branch of the chief of naval operations, and as the naval aide to the secretary of the Navy.
	www.kittyhawk.navy.mil /history/anniv/firstco.html (0 words)

	US Carriers, Aircraft carriers, Links
		USS Lexington--Action Report of the Battle of the Coral Sea
		USS Yorktown Association CG 48, CVS 10, CVA 10, CV10, CV5
		USS Yorktown--Action Report of the Battle of the Coral Sea
	www.armourtroops.com /Arm_our_troops/Carriers.html (0 words)

	BOMBING SQUADRON 82 (VB-82) - USS BENNINGTON
		USS BENNINGTON CV-20, with Air Group 82 aboard, got underway from New York Harbor.
		The USS BENNINGTON docked at NAS Ford Island, Pearl Harbor.
		USS BENNINGTON, as a unit of TG 58.1 (under Admiral J.J. CLARK) sortied Ulithi for TF 58 attack on the Tokyo area.
	www.uss-bennington.org /stz-vb-82.html (0 words)

	The History of the USS Cabot - CVL-28
		Akagi and Kaga (CV) 36,500 tons and 38,200 tons, 31 knots (Converted from battle cruisers and similar to the Lexington and Saratoga.) Both sunk at Midway by carrier planes.
		Cabot and Naval Trivia A large Essex-type carrier, hull #16, was to have been named "Cabot", but when the USS Lexington (CV 2) was sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942, the name was changed from Cabot to USS Lexington (CV 16).
		From August 1942, he served as a gunnery officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in a number of engagements in the Pacific and was wounded during the Battle of Santa Cruz, 28 October 42.
	www.mcallen.lib.tx.us /books/cabot/cab24_29.htm (0 words)

	USS Saratoga CV-3 Cap
		It is made by the same manufacturer that supplies the military.
		The USS Saratoga CV-3 Cap is made in the USA and it carries a 100% customer satisfaction guarantee.
		USS Saratoga CV-3 Cap is usually shipped in 1-4 business days.
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	USS Saratoga (CV-3): An Illustrated History of the Legendary Aircraft Carrier 1927-1946 - Price Comparison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USS Saratoga (CV-3): An Illustrated History of the Legendary Aircraft Carrier 1927-1946 - Price Comparison
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		USS Saratoga (CV-3): An Illustrated History of the Legendary Aircraft Carrier 1927-1946
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	USS Lexington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The ship will be represented in her final configuration at the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942.
		3 complete sets of photo-etch are inlcuded as well.
		Ship of class: USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3).
	www.marylandsilver.com /uss_lexington.htm (0 words)

	USS Holder - Links to Military related Sites
		Battleship New Jersey USS New Jersey Will be an Historic Ship on display.
		USS Sterett CG-31 This site also includes info about the other ships named USS Sterett - DD-27, DD-407, and DLG-31
		USS Lexington Aircraaft Carrier Museum on the Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas
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