USS Saratoga (CV-60), formerly CVB-60 and CVA-60 and the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the American Revolutionary War Battle of Saratoga, was a Forrestal-class supercarrier.
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  • Dale Thomas Antrim May 29, 2009 at 8:15am
    I came aboard the Sara at Brooklyn Navy Ship Yard in early 1960. It was at night and as I walked toward her I thought it was a large building. It was a little overwhelming for a kid from the Ozarks. I was able to settle in to the signal gang and after a few weeks we left for our home port at Mayport Fla. After all the commotion of New York I was ready for a peaceful cruise to Fla but a German Freighter had other Ideas as we met each other and we made our way to Norfolk for a repair job in a dry dock. We were in Norfolk and was able to see the closing of East Main Street. It was a grand start to my hitch in the navy.
  • Ken Colvin January 14, 2009 at 12:35pm
    I made the pre-deployment work-ups on Sara in '85, when the Airwing moved over from USS John F. Kennedy. I was with VA-85 then. Unfortunately, I transfered to NAS Oceana AIMD for shore duty, before the cruise, but I had some good times while on the Sara! "Invictus Gallus Gladiator"!
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Med Cruise of 1963

I went aboard with VA-35 in 1963 just prior to the '63 Med cruise.  While in the Med, we had a flight spotted on the fantail for launch at night and one of the recovering planes came in and landed all amoungst them-Heck of a fire on the flight deck.  We pushed many aircraft overboard after the fire was doused.  Also, back then we had another name other than Super Sara.

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Started by Wayne N. Dees
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I served on board fom 1965 - 1969 was in S-3 div had great times did crazy things was proud of my ship & shipmates great bunch of guys miss my mates and the sea stay true stay strong navy live on 

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Started by john a. gibbons sr
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Another Saratoga

Has anyone besides myself wondered why there is not another Saratoga out there in the Fleet? Just who or what needs to be done to place another "Big Sara" out there? Why not take part of the old Sara and remelt her as part of a new Sara before someone decides to make "Our Sara" a part of some new reef project?

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Started by Bill Keitz
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