Saratoga (CV 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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e- if S SLOOP or WAR SARATOGA 'l'hr,' 'wconcl SARATUGA WHS U Squaw- rlikrfrl 26'Rl-III corvette: built All V fHl 1 f' Vermont hy Achim nml Noah lirown. On April ll, lfllfl SAIKATIXQA was commissionuil and 'toon uftc-rwnril-. tht- Amr-ricun and llritish fleets wen- joined in huttlr: on l.altc Cham- plain. Lommotlore Thomus Mncllonough, flying his flag on the SARATOGA t'xvli.nngt-il furious hrouilsitlce. with tht- ht-uvia-r gunna-tl British flagship K UNFIANC li. Although both ships wt-rv htrnvily tlnrnngt-tl, SARATQXLA managed to ourmnncuvcr the enemy. 'lihc ff0Nl lANfQl'. struck hz-r colors anal tht- rcsr of the llritish fleet followed. In 1815 Ihr' SARA'l'UlrA was lnirl up .ind sold our of the naval st-rvicc in 1819 at Whitehall, New York. 8 or - - K il' 'tive Q SARATOGA The first American Naval vessel tu bear - aged C nental sloop-of-war,built by Wharton and Humpqn i hreygjii at Philadelphia and launched April 10 1780 The first and only captain was john Yhun Philadelphia. During the year 1780 the SAQX. TOGA cruised with marked success against British merchantmen as a unit of the Continental Navy. As part of a merchant fleet escort, the QARATOGA sailed from Haiti on March 15, 1731s Three days later she parted company with gh convoy in chase of two strange ships, Sher' captured one vessel, and when last seen was in pursuit of the second. The SARATOGA was lost at sea from mysterious causes and was never found. gy im l ., , . , :gs .gi iq A , lL'-'JZ B Us CORVETTE ' 'W at fpfix iiii i ,f -all ' US SLOOP SARATOGA The third naval ship named SARATOGA was a first class sloop of 20 guns burltiar the Naval Yard, Portsmouth, New HamP5h e and launched july 26, 1842. b During 1847 she was commanded Y Commander David G. Farragut. The SARA' TOGA was transferred to the West Indian Squadron in 1847 after serving with the flex! during the negotiations which 0Pened,Ua.e with Japan. She spent time off A510312 search of slavers and in 1860 the SARATOG Q captured a slave ship carrying 8 fafgowg 961 slaves. The SARATOGA'S.C11 l service included commerce ptrtectlon Confederate raiders, and blockadf dU'Y Part of the South Atlantic Blockadijlg Squaw ron. Following the war she was laid from 1878 to 1887 she was used BS 8 ship for naval cadets. In 1890 Ille loaned to the Commonwealth of as a nautical training ship. The was sold in 1907. name SARATOGA was a square-ri :Tie l I 4

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L TABLE OF CONTENTS Saratoga History ..... Letter From the Captain Executive Officer .... Dependent's Day Cruise Departure ......... Seville ........... Flight Deck . . Naples ..... Rome......... Air Department .... Dental Department . . . Medical Department . . . Navigation Department . Operations Department . 1 A Li? 5 , ,..A., . I ,, - ,, nf 1- - I v ' N - L Q.:-'fn-ot. !! :a-'Q 4 P. 1 1 ' --4? 4..',1- -9 -L in kxv' .Q if -'f'.11' 5 a v., . i X? lk.. ,,-, ,fx ,' Q' 4k , ' ..-

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i 2? i 3 'Q US CRUISER SARATOGA The fourth ship named SARATOGA was So named for part of her naval service. She was launched bearing the name USS NEW YORK on December 2, 1891 at the William Cramp and Sons Shipyard in Philadelphia. While serving as flag- ship for the Asiatic Station her name was changed on February 16, 1911. On December 1, 1917 her name was changed to USS ROCHESTER. She participated in the Nicaraguan Campaign from 1926 until 1951. She was decommissioned at Cavite on April 29, 1933, and was stricken from the list of active naval vessels on October 28, 1938. She WHS towed into Subic Channel on December 24, 1941, and was sunk to prevent capture by the japanese. v -,K ,P M . f-vi, - l :t.,.5' f 4-V ' it r,ngf. f ?3s'f'a W' ..-'.'4,,i 'ELf 'V V- I r .1 -A ' .. .,4. ,n,., g....,--'f,.,,..,.....s. Hy. . 1 .. 1 .- I. - ., h I . ..a.,,,, ,A , I , -- ..,- A- ,. , .hx .1 ,.,.i . - -f ',,, 1 i V - - ' 7. 1- gem-uno' US CARRIER SARATOGA CCV- 601 The present SARA was constructed at the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn. Her keel was laid in December 1952 and she was commissioned on April 14, 1956 after being launched and christened on October 8, 1955. During the last 21 years, SARATOGA has served both in peacetime and war. In 1962 she patrolled off Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Middle East tensions in 1967, 1970 and 1976 kept her poised in the Eastern Mediterranean for the possible evacuation of Americans. On April 11, 1972, the SARATOGA deployed to the Tonkin Gulf for 10 months during the Vietnam Conflict. She left Mayport, Florida for her 14th Mediterranean deployment on july 11, 1977 and returned home on December 23, 1977. US CARRIER SARATOGA CCV-31 launched as an aircraft carrier. During World War II, she served in the Battle of the Solomons in 19423 sup- ported the first carrier air strike on Tokyo in 1944 and fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima. The battle-scarred SARATOGA was swallowed up by the waters of Bikini Atoll as a result of an underwater blast in an atomic bomb test, july 25, 19-46. :-if