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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Saratoga |
| Namesake | Saratoga |
| Ordered | 23 July 1952 |
| Builder | New York Naval Shipyard |
| Cost | $209.7 million[1] |
| Laid down | 16 December 1952 |
| Launched | 8 October 1955 |
| Acquired | 14 April 1956 |
| Commissioned | 14 April 1956 |
| Decommissioned | 20 August 1994 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 20 August 1994 |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | Sara |
| Fate | Scrapped in 2019[2] |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Forrestal-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement | 81,101 long tons (82,402 t) full, 61,235 long tons (62,218 t) light, 19,866 long tons (20,185 t) dead |
| Length | 1,063 ft (324 m) |
| Beam | 130 ft (40 m) waterline, 252 ft (77 m) extreme |
| Draft | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 552 officers, 4988 men |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | Mark 36 SRBOC |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 70–90 |
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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.
Commissioned in 1956, she spent most of her career in the Mediterranean, but also participated during the Vietnam War, receiving one battle star for her service. One of her last operational duties was to participate in Operation Desert Storm.
Saratoga was decommissioned in 1994, and was stored at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. Multiple unsuccessful attempts were made to preserve her as a museum ship. The Navy paid ESCO Marine of Brownsville, Texas, one cent to take the ship for dismantling and recycling. On 15 September 2014, ex-Saratoga arrived in Brownsville, Texas, to be scrapped. Scrapping was completed by early 2019.
- ^ Moore, John, ed. (1995). Jane's American fighting ships of the 20th century. New York: Modern Publishing. ISBN 9781561447206.
- ^ "Saratoga (CV-60)". Naval Vessel Register. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2013.