Saratoga (CVA 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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1814- 1825 61 Garwffe Szzratnga ne came to the second SARATOGA on Lake Champlain in the War 12. The ship-rigged corvette was built at Vergennes, Vermont, by and Noah Brown under the direction of Commodore NlacDonough. I April 1814 SARATOGA was commissioned, and soon afterwards the lee of Cumberland Head, the American and British fleets were , ,,A, Hs-. in battle. Commodore MacDonough flying his flag aboard SARA- l i A, exchanged furious broadsides with the heavier gunned British ship CONFIANCE. At a critical moment, when both ships were badly ttered, MacDonough, by executing a skillful maneuver, was able to ' ot the SARATOGA so as to bring a hitherto unexposed side of the - and a fresh broadside battery to bear on the enemy. The commodore, ',leSeSll'1Q the possibility, provided anchors and springlines which enabled C 1 C .t - 1. K 2 to wind the ship. The CONFIANCE, unable to complete the same .neuver, struck her colors within 15 minutes followed in short order the remainder of the British force. ln 1815, SARATOGA was laid up and sold out of the naval service in 25 at Whitehall, New York. She was 143 in length, 36 feet at the beam the displacement was 734 tons. A complement of 240 officers and was embarked aboard, and she carried eight long 24 pounders, six if ronade 42 pounders, and twelve carronade 32 pounders, .Si Slovp Sarrzfrfga The third naval vessel to bear the name SARATOGA was a first class of 20 guns, built at the Naval Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, launched on 26 July 1842. She performed routine squadron duties the Mexican War when she joined the blockading squadron off Vera During 1847 she was commanded by Commander David G. Farragut. SARATOGA was transferred to the West India Squadron in 1847 after with the fleet during negotiations for the treaty which opened She spent time off the coast of Africa in search of slavers and doing so she captured a slave ship carrying a cargo of 961 slaves 0. SARATOCvA's Civil War services included commerce protection Confederate raiders and blockading duties as a part of the South Blockading Squadron. During the years following the war she aid up, but from 1878 to 1887 she was employed as a training for naval apprentices. Loaned in 1890 to Pennsylvania as a school for nautical training she was sold in 1907. Displacing 882 tons and 210 officers and men, she was armed with four 8 inch guns and 32 pounders. 842 I 907 1 8 6

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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

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Y ':- 'Z 1 .3 I. if ' -1-' -A :V 251 .1 ' .iw 1 -e r --1 .. ll S Hruzser Sarrzfzfga The fourTh ship named SARATOGA was so named for only parT of her naval service. She was launched on 2 December 1891 as The armored cruiser NEW YORK aT The William Cramp and Sons Shipyard Philadelphia Her name was changed To SARATOGA on 16 February 1911 while she On 1 December 1917 her name was changed To' The USS ROCHESTER pg . . :we I x l N . A., , . , L P' ' fi was flagship of The ATlanTic Squadron. A K 4 O. a Hn V vw' if f ' I . f'+3'i'j! it ' J r World War 1 escorT duTy was followed by parTicipaTion in The Nicaraguan Campaign, 1926-1931, and duTy off China in 1932. The ROCHESTER was decommissioned aT CaviTe on 29 April 1933, and she was sTricken from The lisT of acTive naval ships on 28 OcTober 1938. Towed inTo Subic Bay Channel on 24 December 1941, she was sunk To prevenT capTure by The Her overall sTaTisTics were 380 feeT in lengTh, 64 feeT aT The beam, a displacemenT of 8,150 Tons and a complemenT of 34 officers and 525 ,, 1 H' N x 'Q ' L . , . l u-N,,--w A F T A111 1: may 4 gf . 4'1 i I . f J T' 2 ff 'i rg i i9 i ii. , T 5 Japanese. 1 L fit? 'xy 2 A 'ir qdf., .fl iz ,i f-.M - ' 31. 1 1 I co pill. J . ' rig? 'NCN5 ,, gf 13+ 4, U A a ., ' .aff 5. A l 1 ' .gi. 3 i Q . ' . . K is .5-. ,H . 3-'li 9 JN men. She was armed wiTh six 8 inch breech loading rifles, Twelve 4 inch rapid fire guns, four Gailing guns, and Three 21 inch submerged Torpedo 7897-7938 . . Harrier Sarafvga The fifTh SARATOGA was launched in 1925. Though launched as an aircrafT carrier, she had originally been planned as a baTTle cruiser. During The years preceding WWII, 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 raid on Tokyo in 1944 as a parT of Task Force 58, and in The biTTerly foughT baTTle of lwo Jima. The veTeran carrier compleTed her warTime service performing Training duTies aT Pearl Harbor, From The dafe of her commissioning unTil The end of The war fa period of 18 yearsj a ToTal of 89,195 landings had been made on her deck. She ioined The Magic CarpeT FleeT afTer The Japanese surrender bringing home 29,000 Pacific war veTerans, a larger number Than any oTher individual ship. The baTTle scarred lady was swallowed up by The wafers of Bikini AToll as a resulT of an undervvaTer blasT in The ATomic Bomb TesT, 25 July 1946. The overall displacemenT of This SARATOGA was 33,000 Tons and she had a lengTh of 909 feeT wiTh a widTh of 106 feeT aT The beam. A complemenT'of 195 officers and 1,676 men made up The ship's crew. World War II armamenT consisTed of sixTeen 5 inch .38 caliber dual pur- pose guns, plus baTTeries of 40mm and 20mm anTi-aircrafT guns. 'Q25-1 946 ' i Qi-lie. . x 'ggi' 'iv 15' N 'a -.1 1 95. Eifhf T ' , - ,. ,K . ,, . .R .. . , 4.51 ff, -f iq, Q .K M Q ' if i x . .W S 'ii ..!lYT5 ix . .' K' if . K' Qzxwwrr-f-lmxvuanw-e-una:.M, M x ll V ' J' 3. ij T. is 5 Ti is 4 Q .1 1. sw M i . 5. T ' 'Y-xl..