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USS Saratoga
Six
United States Navy
ships have borne the name
Saratoga
, after the important
Battle of Saratoga
in the
American Revolutionary War
.
The first
Saratoga
was a 16-gun
sloop
launched in
1780
and lost at sea the following year.
The second
Saratoga
was a
corvette
built on
Lake Champlain
for service in the
War of 1812
.
The third
Saratoga
was a
sloop-of-war
commissioned
1843
.
The fourth
Saratoga
was the
cruiser
New York
renamed.
The fifth
Saratoga
(CV-3)
was the third
aircraft carrier
of the Navy, commissioned in
1927
and active in
World War II
.
The sixth
Saratoga
(CV-60)
was also an
aircraft carrier
, commissioned
1952
, decommissioned
1994
and proposed to become a
museum ship
(see
www.saratogamuseum.org
).