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The following day, Saratoga was detached with an escort of three destroyers to join the amphibious forces and carry out night patrols over Iwo Jima and nearby Chichi Jima. Taking advantage of low cloud cover and Saratoga ' s weak escort, six Japanese planes scored five bomb hits on the carrier in three minutes; three of the aircraft also struck ...
USN Raid on Iwo Jima (15–16 June 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER US Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ... USS Saratoga (CV-3) damaged by 7 bombs from land-based aircraft;
The United States Navy has commissioned two ships with the name USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) (1961–1993) and USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) (2001–present). The first large scale reunion on the island was held in 1970 on the 25th anniversary of the battle.
5th Marine Division command post on Iwo Jima; at left is Asst. Div. Cmdr. Leo D. Hermle with Div. Cmdr. Keller E. Rockey holding a field telephone A Marine Corps howitzer at the moment of firing Jeeps firing 4.5-inch rockets at Japanese positions. Left landing area (Green and Red Beaches): 5th Marine Division (25,884 officers and enlisted)
Off Iwo Jima: Invasion of Iwo Jima: Kamikazes: Sunk, Kamikazes Saratoga CV-3: 2/21/45: Kamikazes: Kamikazi attacks Langley CVL-27: 2/21/45: Air attack: Bombs- Carrier launched aircraft Lunga Point CVE-94: 2/21/45: Off Iwo Jima: Invasion of Iwo Jima: Kamikazes: Kamikaze San Jacinto CVL-30: 2/27/45: Collisions: Collisions with friendly warships ...
Saratoga returned to combat to protect American forces during the Battle of Iwo Jima in early 1945, but was badly damaged by kamikazes. The continued growth in the size and weight of carrier aircraft made her obsolete by the end of the war. In mid-1946, the ship was purposefully sunk during nuclear weapon tests in Operation Crossroads.
Task Force 61, which supported the initial Allied invasion of Guadalcanal, started with three fleet carriers, USS Saratoga, Enterprise, and Wasp. Enterprise was badly damaged in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and had to retire to Pearl Harbor for extensive repairs. A week later, Saratoga was torpedoed by I-26 and likewise had to retire for ...
Off the Philippines Japanese kamikaze attacks successfully sunk the escort carriers USS St. Lo during the Battle of Leyte Gulf and USS Ommaney Bay during the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf. On 21 February 1945, a kamikaze raid sunk the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea and badly damaged the fleet carrier USS Saratoga during the Battle of Iwo Jima.