During a Vietnam War reconnaissance mission, Lieutenant Jim Lloyd took off from the USS Saratoga but was shot down by a ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS >> Mike Richardson is among the generations of sailors mourning the loss of a great friend — the USS Saratoga that’s about to begin its final journey from Newport, R.I. to a ...

The accidental missile attack on a Turkish destroyer by the USS Saratoga is the latest in a string of misfortunes involving the aircraft carrier and the Navy as a whole. Among them: * Twenty-one ...

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 ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Saratoga (CV-60) was a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1956, serving as a cornerstone of U.S. naval power during the Cold War. -Measuring over ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Saratoga has arrived at its final destination in South Texas, where it will be scrapped. The Saratoga on Friday reached the Esco Marine ...

This morning, veterans of the USS Saratoga will be honored at a Veterans Breakfast at Naval Station Mayport. The aircraft carrier spent her entire career in Jacksonville, and was the first carrier ...

Some of the ways the cemetery celebrated the holiday included the ringing of the USS Saratoga ship's bell, and a Decoration Day reenactment.