USS Saratoga (CV-3)
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USS Saratoga was a Lexington-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1920s. Originally designed as a battlecruiser, she was converted into one of the Navy's first aircraft c
Saratoga underway in 1942, after her lengthy refit
Saratoga on 8 March 1922, after her construction had been suspended. There are circular barbettes on blocks on her deck, which would have been used for the battlecruiser's main battery
Saratoga landing aircraft, 6 June 1935
Carriers Saratoga (center), Lexington (top), and Langley (below) at Puget Sound Navy Yard in 1929. As Saratoga and Lexington were visually identical, Saratoga had a black stripe painted on her funnel for identification purposes.
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
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USS Enterprise was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name. Colloquially called "The Big E", she was the sixth air
USS Saratoga (CV-3)
…occasion these exercises included successful surprise attacks on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She was one of three prewar US fleet aircraft carriers, along with Enterprise and Ranger, to serve throughout World War II. Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Saratoga was the centerpiece of the unsuccessful…
Aerial view of Enterprise at sea in 1945
USS Enterprise in 1939
VT-6 TBDs on USS Enterprise during the Battle of Midway
Near hit during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942