One of the U.S.’ most important Cold War-era aircraft carriers was the ... The contract for what would become the USS Saratoga was awarded to the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn, New York ...

Between 1941 and 1945, the United States Navy commissioned several classes of aircraft carriers ... Today, it is a museum in New York City. The first of two carriers in WWII to be named Lexington ...

When Pilot Lieutenant Jim Lloyd launched from USS Saratoga on a ... Back on Saratoga, a rescue mission was quickly organized, with multiple aircraft searching for the downed pilot.

After a Category 4 typhoon rocked Guam last week, the United States ordered an aircraft carrier ... Today, it is a museum in New York City. The first of two carriers in WWII to be named Lexington ...

On the night of Oct. 10, 1985, Lt. Cmdr. Barry Steel, call sign Vert, was relaxing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. The ship was cruising in Alert 60, a readiness condition with weapons ...

For some time plans had been brewing to land the giant dirigible Los Angeles on the deck of the aircraft carrier Saratoga. So delicate and important was the experiment that news was guarded until ...

Fortunately for the Pacific Fleet, its aircraft carriers — USS Lexington (CV-2), USS Saratoga (CV-3), and USS Enterprise (CV-6) — weren't in port, so the Japanese fleet couldn't find them ...

During a Vietnam War reconnaissance mission, Lieutenant Jim Lloyd took off from the USS Saratoga ... Back on the Saratoga, a high-stakes rescue mission was launched, with aircraft scouring the ...