Saratoga (CVA 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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Unit Phi vest ce ii T06 as I fevol im! l,sl edl whit 181 out lt! ,ai iid ie? Ni 1 x 2 4 .-1-if- I si 'T'- ' 4 .- ,--.1-U i-'l TTA ,t , M . I ,,. .,,, A 20 gun sloop launched in 1842 was the third USS SARATOGA. This venerable lady saw 65 years of com- missioned service which included: the Mexican War: Perry's Japanese squadrong Farragut's West lndia squadron and with blockading squadrons in the Civil War. She ended her career as a school ship for the State of Pennsylvania. The fourth Sara saw her name changed three times. originally launched as the armored cruiser NEW YORK. she was Admiral Sampson's llagship during the Spanish- American War. While serving as llagship of the Asiatic Station, her name was otlicially changed to SAR.-XTOGA. ln 1917. her name was again changed. this time to ROCHESTER. She saw service in World War One and off the China coast. ln 1941, she was scuttled in Subic Bay to prevent capture by the Japanese. The fifth SARATOGA, originally planned as a battle- cruiser, but converted into an aircraft carrier was launched in 1925. During the years preceeding World War Two, she served as one of the testing grounds of naval aviation. During the war, she served in the Battle of the Solomons in 1942, in the first carrier air strike on Tokyo in 1944 as The photo and the pointing above show two different views of the Conti- nental sloop of war, USS SARATOGAQ launched in April 1780 . . . the first ship so named. I3