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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Kurofune_2.jpg) USS Saratoga (known in Japan as one of Perry's Black Ships)
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| History | |
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| Name | USS Saratoga |
| Namesake | Battle of Saratoga, 1777 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 1841 |
| Launched | 26 July 1842 |
| Commissioned | 4 January 1843 |
| Decommissioned | 10 December 1844 |
| Recommissioned | 15 March 1845 |
| Decommissioned | 7 January 1847 |
| Recommissioned | early 1847 |
| Decommissioned | 26 February 1848 |
| Recommissioned | 10 April 1848 |
| Decommissioned | 30 November 1849 |
| Recommissioned | 12 August 1850 |
| Decommissioned | 10 October 1854 |
| Recommissioned | 6 September 1855 |
| Decommissioned | early 1858 |
| Recommissioned | early 1858 |
| Decommissioned | 26 June 1860 |
| Recommissioned | 5 November 1860 |
| Decommissioned | 25 August 1861 |
| Recommissioned | 24 June 1863 |
| Decommissioned | 28 April 1865 |
| Recommissioned | 1 October 1867 |
| Decommissioned | 7 July 1869 |
| Recommissioned | 16 May 1871 |
| Decommissioned | 14 October 1871 |
| Recommissioned | 1 May 1875 |
| Decommissioned | 7 May 1876 |
| Recommissioned | 19 May 1877 |
| Decommissioned | 8 October 1888 |
| Fate | Loaned to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for use as maritime school ship 1890–1907; Sold for scrapping 4 August 1907 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sloop-of-war |
| Tonnage | 882 |
| Length | 146 ft 4 in (44.60 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 3 in (10.74 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 3.5 in (4.966 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 210 officers and men |
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| Notes | |
USS Saratoga, a sloop-of-war, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of Saratoga of the American Revolutionary War. Her keel was laid down in the summer of 1841 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 26 July 1842 and commissioned on 4 January 1843 with Commander Josiah Tattnall III in command.