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Sunday 30 October 2011

USS carrier Saratoga in 1934/1935

The Dutch magazine De Prins dated 19 January 1935 published the photos below of the Saratago while visiting San Diegon and during manoevres.




The aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) with as nick names Sara Maru, Sister Sara and Stripe-Stacked Sara was ordered in 1917 to be build as a battle cruiser of the Lexington-class, laid down on 25 September 1920 at the yard of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, reclassified as a carrier on 1 July 1922, launched on 7 April 1925, commissioned on 16 November 1927 and sunk during a A-bomb test on 25 July 1946.

Lexington-class battle cruisers