USS Saratoga (CV-60) - Wikipedia
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 aircraft carrier, to be named for the Battles of Saratoga in the American Revolutionary War.
USS SARATOGA (CV-60) Deployments & History - HullNumber.com
CV-60 USS SARATOGA. The sixth ship using the name Saratoga was built at the New York Naval Shipyard and commissioned on 14 April 1956. The ship’s name comes from the Revolutionary battle of Saratoga. Her first trip out took her to the Norwegian Sea to participate in NATO exercises.
Deployments of USS SARATOGA (CV 60) - Unofficial US Navy Site
Deployments of USS SARATOGA: Note: During deployments a VRC (Fleet Tactical Support Squadron) detachment provides carrier-on-board delivery and is embarked aboard the carrier but is no real part of the Air Wing.
USS Saratoga (CV 60) - Unofficial US Navy Site
May 30, 2017 · USS SARATOGA was the fifth ship in the Navy to bear the name. Commissioned as attack aircraft carrier CVA 60, the SARATOGA was redesignated as multi-purpose aircraft carrier CV 60 on June 30, 1972. Stricken from the Navy list on August 20, 1994, the SARATOGA was initially laid up at Philadelphia, PA., but was towed to Newport, RI., in 1998.
USS Saratoga (CV 60) history - U.S. Carriers
CV 60 operated with Task Group 60.2 of the Sixth Fleet in the eastern Mediterranean during September in a "show of force" in response to the large build-up of Soviet surface units there, the hijacking of a Trans World Airlines plane to Syria and the political coup in Libya.
Learn About the History of the USS Saratoga (CVA-60)
The USS Saratoga (CVA-60) served during Operation Desert Storm from August 1990 until March 1991. She logged 11,700 arrested landings, 12,700 sorties, and traveled 36,382 miles. Her last deployment to the Mediterranean ran from January to early June of 1994.
Saratoga VI (CV-60) - NHHC
On 17 October 1777, American troops commanded by General Horatio Gates compelled a British Army led by General John Burgoyne to surrender at Saratoga, N.Y. This victory ended a prolonged British...
CV 60 USS Saratoga Forrestal class Aircraft Carrier US Navy
Aug 20, 1994 · On 27 August, aircraft from Saratoga and USS Independence (CV 62), both in the Arabian Gulf, began enforcing the no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq under Operation Southern Watch. Any Iraqi warplanes violating that airspace would be shot down.
Aircraft Carrier Photo Index: USS SARATOGA (CVA-60) - NavSource
CVA-60 (later CV-60) was named for the Battle of Saratoga, September and October 1777. It was a decisive American victory resulting in the surrender of an entire British army of 9,000 men invading New York from Canada during the American Revolutionary War.
The sixth Saratoga (CV-60) was laid down on 16 December 1952 by the New York Naval Shipyard, New York City, N.Y.; launched on 8 October 1955; sponsored by Mrs. Charles S. Thomas; and commissioned on 14 April 1956, Capt. R. J. Stroh in command.
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