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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.
Squadrons were assigned variously to the Aircraft Carriers USS Langley (CV 1), USS Lexington (CV 2), USS Saratoga (CV 3) and USS Ranger (CV 4) as needed to continue the development of ship based aircraft operations and tactics. VF-1B (first use) Top Hatters TS-1 F2B F4B: Air Det Pac Flt: Sep 1919-15 Jun 1920 VT-5(1st): 15 Jun 1920-7 Sep 1921
Squadrons were redesignated to conform with the hull number of the Aircraft Carrier to which they were assigned: [19] CV 2, CV 3, CV 4 and CV 5 (USS Yorktown (CV-5) was commissioned on 30 Sep 1937). USS Langley (CV 1) had ceased operating as an Aircraft Carrier by October 1936 and had been converted to a seaplane tender Ship Named Air Groups [h ...
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), foreground, alongside USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), rear, in 2020 USS Enterprise (CVN-65), foreground, and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), rear, in 2011 USS Saratoga (CV-60), top, with USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), center, in 1990. Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft.
USS Saratoga (CV-3) USS Princeton (CVL-23) USN Task Group 50.3 (Montgomery) USS Essex (CV-9) USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) USS Independence (CVL-22) Invasion of Makin Atoll (13–23 November 1943) Gilbert Islands US Task Forces ? and 52 (Turner): USS Enterprise (CV-6) First carrier-launched night flights; USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) Sunk by torpedo from ...
Established as Saratoga Air Group on 1 July 1938 (squadrons operating from USS Saratoga (CV-3) had been informally called "Saratoga Air Group" beginning 6 Jan 1928 but the air group was not established as a unit until 1 July 1938), redesignated CVG-3 (1st use of the designation) on 25 Sep 1943, redesignated CVAG-3 on 15 Nov 1946, redesignated ...
USS Saratoga (CV-60) USS Shangri-La; T. USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) V. USS Valley Forge (CV-45) Y. USS Yorktown (CV-10)
His commands included; commanding officer of USS Rainier (AE-5), USS Saratoga (CV-60), and Battle Force, United States Sixth Fleet; and Deputy Commander Atlantic Command, Atlantic Fleet. He entered the Navy Aviation V-5 program in September 1943 (some say March 1944) and retired from the Navy in April 1983. [2]