USS Saratoga CV-3 |
Type: |
Aircraft Carrier (a) |
Class: |
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Builder: |
New York Shipbuilding Corp. Camden, New Jersey |
Hull Number: |
CV-3 (b) |
Ordered: |
May 5, 1917 |
Commissioned: |
November 16, 1927 |
Keel Laid: |
September 25, 1920 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
April 7, 1925 |
Stricken: |
August 15, 1946 |
Fate: |
Sunk as target off Bikini Atoll July 25, 1946 during Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests. |
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Notes | |||
(a): |
Ordered and laid down as a battlecruiser. | ||
(b): |
Ordered at CC-3, re-authorized as CV-3 July 1, 1922. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published June 6, 2008 |