USS Saratoga (CV-60)
The crew called her Sara and she was ordered as a "Large Aircraft Carrier" the fifth ship in the United states Navy to have that battle name. USS Saratoga (CV-60) being the second of the four Forrestal-class carriers was reclassified as an "Attack Aircraft Carrier" (CVA-60) on 1 October 1952. Her keel was laid down on 16 December 1952 by the New York Naval Shipyard, New York City, N.Y. She was launched on 8 October 1955 and commissioned on 14 April 1956, Capt. R. J. Stroh in command.
Saratoga was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy List on August 20,1994.
Saratoga was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy List on August 20,1994.
