Saratoga (CVA 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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' as 5 ffl: , , 1 , fiifgfeigf .gk lgh: Qing I I 1 l yugo' 4 ,l A -fp ,I dre w , :Q-l!x: !..-.l- rf il ' 'fi :reg .-5 'xrrzg' ..' .. Thegfifth SARATOGA CCV-33 was the first ship launched as an aircraft carrier. Her most famous skipper, William F. 'Bull' Halsey, became a Fleet Admiral during World War ll and SARATOGA also distinguished herself throughout that war. The 900-foot carrier was destroyed in the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb test of july 25, I946. The fourth SARATOGA had that name for only a part of her commissioned time, from l9Il to l9l7. The 380-foot armored cruiser was destroyed in the Philippine Islands in l94l - three years after she was stricken from the list of active Navy ships - to prevent her capture by the Japanese. Q law V yin .. lik' i e WSJ' ' , f , ' ' ,QW , lf A IW - p . f?.J,,' - T?- 4 . 1 - I 1 ,V-1 In qi , 'H , - . . -- '.'. f,. '4-A, . : gully Zilfllilt. jll - f 13: Ji 7-- , ' ' .aff-, A , Wading . 'if - - ' ' The present SARATOGA was launched on Oct 8 ' , I955, and 'was commissioned April I4, l956. During T eleven deployments to the Mediterranean area she V. -A '26, has been a fundamental cornerstone of U.S. peace- I 2 ll-1 keeping efforts. She was called upon when the Cold Q'l3r,Q..g..., ie War turned hot in Lebanon in l957, and she was 'ifbfffi ordered south to the Caribbean following the Cuban . ,.,i' ' ' v I , missile crisis. When the Arab-Israeli confrontation ' - ,l1a. fH-. . I-ff'-. - ' few into the 'six Da war' of I967 SARATOGA yi at I ,' . ,lf ,r'T ' v,,:j,l. 1 V g Y l ' l Q, 5. ffli- ' l moved into the trouble area and returned there in ' -' ' ig-'I . 1-119555 ,1 1- , f 'A f X September l970 when tensions again boiled over . NWI 1 '5 --f f ' S During her career SARATOGA hosted three Pres: 'Sh aw' ,Y I 5 1, 'llif A ' .D - il dential visits. Dwight D. Eisenhower honored 4' .'j .-l,i'N:,Mif lflf' A SARATOGA'S crew with a visit in June l957 and 5 t ll: ,HI -, - :rage4Wx!fl.v,f95',jg5f? President. Richard M. 'Nixon called on the carrier IW , V- cg iff twice - in May I969 and again in September l970 fi? ,M it Wd I , SARATOGA has recently undergone the first stages e :L .,J.,fO ' f 1 i 1 , K ll -,IA of conversion to the Navy's first 'CV' I- incorporating Wdvgjgffxfmxb Ely 0?j'j, ,T elements of attack and anti-submarine operations X ,NQM1 'fyf' Continually modernized, always adapted to fit the t . t concepts of the present, SARATOGA is a great lady luilllxljxti I fully equipped to handle her brood of high performance aircraft, accomplish her mission and support the men who live within her.