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USS Saratoga CV-60 History:
USS Saratoga CV-60 was a Forrestal-class supercarrier and the
sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the American
Revolutionary War Battle of Saratoga.
For the next several months, USS Saratoga conducted various tests
on engineering, flight, steering, structural and gunnery. On
August 18, 1956, USS Saratoga reentered the New York Naval Shipyard
and remained there until February 28, 1957. On June 6, 1957,
USS departed Mayport on September 3, 1957 for its maiden voyage,
sailing into the Norwegian Sea and participated in Operation
Strikeback. On February 1, 1958, departed Mayport and was
deployed to the Mediterranean with the Sixth Fleet. During
August 1959 Mediterranean deployment, Attack Squadron 34, flying
A-4D Skyhawks and part of Saratoga's air wing, was the first
squadron deployed to the Sixth Fleet equipped with Bullpup missiles.
On January, 1961, during USS Saratoga's deployment with the Sixth
Fleet, a serious fire broke out in Saratoga's number two machinery
space, taking seven lives. On January 2, 1968, Saratoga
underwent an overhaul and modernization program in Philadelphia
which lasted for eleven months. On May 17, 1968, USS Saratoga
became the host ship for President Richard M. Nixon during the
firepower demonstration conducted by Carrier Air Wing Three in the
Virginia Capes area. On July 9, 1969, USS Saratoga's ninth
Mediterranean deployment.
From January 22 until June 11, 1970, USS Saratoga returned to
Mayport and the Florida coast, sailing again for duty with the Sixth
Fleet. On March 10, 1971, USS Saratoga was in "cold iron"
status. USS Saratoga operated off the Florida coast until June
7, 1971 when it departed for its eleventh deployment with the Sixth
Fleet, participating in exercise "Magic Sword II". USS
Saratoga returned to Mayport on October 31. On April 11, 1972,
Saratoga sailed from Mayport en route to Subic Bay and its first
deployment to the Western Pacific. It departed for Vietnam the
following week. USS Saratoga was stationed in the Tonkin Gulf
for a total of seven times. On June 30, 1972, USS Saratoga was
reclassified as a "Multi-purpose Aircraft Carrier". During the
first period, Saratoga lost four aircraft and three pilots.
During September 2 to September 19, Saratoga USS had flown over 800
combat strike missions against targets in North Vietnam.
During its last period in the station, USS Saratoga battered targets
in the heart of North Vietnam for over a week. In 1975, USS
Saratoga participated in the Locked Gate-75, a NATO operation,
containing influence of the Portuguese Communist Party in Portugal
after the Carnation Revolution. USS Saratoga also took part in
operations during the Lebanon crisis in 1976.
In March 1980, Saratoga and embarked airwing CVW-3 departed on
their 16th Mediterranean deployment. USS Saratoga, one month
after its return from deployment, departed Mayport and headed north
to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where it underwent the most
extensive industrial overhaul ever performed on any Navy ship.
USS Saratoga was also the first ship to undergo the Service Life
Extension Program (SLEP) overhaul that would last for 28 months.
On February 2, 1983, USS Saratoga earned a new nickname, "Super
Sara". USS Saratoga again departed for its 17th Mediterranean
deployment on April 2, 1984. USS Saratoga was overhauled once
again at the Naval shipyard at $280 million, following its 19th
Mediterranean deployment in June 1987.
USS Saratoga participated in Operation Desert Storm and lost 21
crew members in a ferry boat accident off the coast of Haifa,
Israel. It completed 6 transits of the Suez Canal and
completed approximately 11,000 aircraft launch and recovery cycles.
USS Saratoga was decommissioned at the Naval Station, Mayport,
Florida on August 20, 1994 and was stricken from the Naval Vessel
Register the same day. It was towed to Philadelphia in May
1995. Saratoga received one battle star for its service in the
Vietnam War.
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