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USS Intrepid (CV-11) USS Saratoga (CV-60) and USS Independence (CV-62) underway in 1961, with crewmen paraded on deck in a spellout commemorating the 50th birthday of Naval Aviation. Great shot displaying the difference between an Essex Class and Forrestal

USS Intrepid (CV-11) USS Saratoga (CV-60) and USS Independence (CV-62) underway in 1961, with crewmen paraded on deck in a spellout commemorating the 50th birthday of Naval Aviation. Great shot displaying the difference between an Essex Class and Forrestal

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an aircraft carrier sitting on top of a body of water

The USS Saratoga was one of four Forrestal Class super carriers built for the US Navy in the 1950s. Saratoga was the sixth US Navy ship, and the second aircraft carrier so named. She was commissioned in 1956 and decommissioned in 1994. Here she sits in Newport, Rhode Island waiting an uncertain fate. She had been slated to be a museum but it appears now she is slated for disposal.

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The Iowa (BB-61) leads its battle group in the Mediterranean Sea. The aircraft carrier Coral Sea (CV-43) and its battle group are at left; t...

The Iowa (BB-61) leads its battle group in the Mediterranean Sea. The aircraft carrier Coral Sea (CV-43) and its battle group are at left; the aircraft carrier Saratoga (CV-60) and its battle group are at right, 17 Oct 1987. Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SC-90-11747, by PH3 Michael Skeens,from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. www.navsource.org/archives/01/61g.htm

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Of Gamecocks and Aircraft Carriers: The USS Saratoga 20 Years Ago by Alec Newell USS Saratoga (CV 60) The Decommissioning Ceremony for the USS Saratoga was held on August 20, 1994. The following article was written earlier that same year. This week the USS Saratoga will steam into Mayport from her final deployment and be decommissioned later this year. It will be the end of a career that has spanned the administrations of nine U. S. Presidents, and five decades of distinguished military…

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Buy "CV-60 USS Saratoga " by Mil Merchant as a Poster. USS Saratoga (CV/CVA/CVB-60), was the second of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Saratoga was the sixth U.S. Navy ship, and the second air

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