Saratoga (CVA 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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7 'Hr l U16 lfllllllb' SAR TUG is as vid as f i v 15 Hi 11 1 1 ii is if Korzfirzefzfrzl Slzfrfp af War Sarafrfgrz nur Jndepmdem' . . . Since The memorable day of 17 Ocfober 1777 aT SaraToga, New York, when The BriTish General Burgoyne surrendered his army To The American ConTinenTal forces under General GaTes, There has been a fighTing ship in The UniTed STaTes Navy bearing The name SARATOGA. The decisive American vicTory aT SaraToga marked The Turning poinT in The American RevoluTion, for iT broughT French financial aid and sea power To The cause of American independence. The capTure of Burgoyne's army was made possible by a small squadron of vessels on Lake Champlain in 1776 which, in defeaT ,... had so delayed The planned BriTish invasion ThaT Their Army had To wiThdraw To winTer quarTers in Canada. Making full use of This breafhing spell, General WashingTon and The ConTinenTal Congress assembled The force which was vicTorious aT SaraToga. Therefore, iT has been Truly fiTTing To have commemoraTed This hisToric baTTle wiTh a ToTal of six UniTed STaTes naval vessels named SARATOGA. In addiTion, Two Rev- oluTionary War privaTeers, one in The War of 1812, and many merchanT vessels have also carried This name. -....g......, . 1 i PW 1 The ship rigged 18-gun ConTinenTal sloop-of-war, builT by VVharTon and Humphreys aT Philadelphia and launched 10 April, 1780, was The firsT American naval vessel named SARATOGA. ' The firsT and only capTain was John Young of Philadelphia. During The year 1780 as a uniT of The ConTinenTal Navy, SARATOGA cruised wiTh marked success againsT BriTish merchanTmen. In one encounTer she simul- Taneously engaged Two BriTish vessels The ship ELIZABETH, 28 guns, and The brig NANCY, 14 guns. AfTer a spiriTed hour-long engagemenT boTh enemy vessels were Taken prize. As parT of a merchanT fleeT escorT, SARATOGA sailed from HaiTi on 15 March 1781. Three days laTer she parTed company wiTh The convoy in chase of Two sTrange ships. She capTured one vessel and when lasT seen was in pursuiT of The second. SARATOGA disappeared over The horizon and was never heard of again. She is presumed To have sunk, and To have carried down wiTh her The gallanT CapTain Young and his crew of 6 officers and 80 men. The firsT SARATOGA was 68 TeeT in lengTh, 25 feeT aT The beam, displacemenT of 150 Tons, and armamenT consisTing of 16 nine-pounders and 2 four-pounders. 1787-1781