USS Saratoga CV-3 Pictures and Movies Page

	VF-12 personal prepare to take a Hellcat to the hanger deck.
	A rare photo of Sara's squared-off flight deck, shot by a TBD as it leaves the ship.
	Tugs nudge the Saratoga into Pearl harbor on November 6, 1942 after repairs following her second torpedo attack.
	Underway off Espiritu Santo in October 1943.
	ENS Charles Miller, LTJG Henry Dearing, and LTJG "Bus" Alber walk to their Hellcats prior to raid on Rabaul.
	A Grumman F4F-3 is brought up from Sara's hanger deck.
	VB-12 crewmen swarm over a Dauntless bomber, as a Hellcat taxis forward and another prepares to touch down
	Crowds line the flightdeck, probably during a Magic Carpet run in 1945.
	Sara slips below the surface of Bikini Atoll's lagoon July 25, 1946 after the Baker blast.
	A plane blown from Sara's deck during the Baker test. [©Eric Hanauer]
	Sara's stack wreckage. [©Eric Hanauer]

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USS Saratoga Cv-3 : An Illustrated History of the Legendary Aircraft Carrier 1927-1946 by John Fry [If you want a beautiful book on the Saratoga, buy this. It is remarkable: the hardbound and just filled with photos, trivia and stories about the carrier and the men who served on her].

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