USS Saratoga (CV-3) (1927)


Material Propulsion Country Year Launched
Steel Mechanical, Turbo-electric United States 1927
Length (feet) Displacement (tons)
888 33000

Lexington class carrier. 81 aircraft. Second of Lexington-class aircraft carrier built in compliance with the Washington Naval Conference limitations, after originally laid down in 1921 as a battle cruiser. participated in Battle of Midway; damaged in Battle of Eastern Solomons in August 1942 but survived the war.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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