USS Saratoga CV-60 Aircraft Carrier Model Ship
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Modelairplanes Store USS Saratoga CV-60 Aircraft Carrier Model Ship Hand-carved and Hand-Painted Mahogany Model USS Saratoga CV-60 Forrestal Class SuperCarrier Model Ship USS Saratoga CV-60 was a Forrestal-class supercarrier and the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the American Revolutionary War Battle of Saratoga. For the next several months, USS Saratoga conducted various tests on engineering, flight, steering, structural and gunnery. On August 18, 1956, USS Saratoga reentered the New York Naval Shipyard and remained there until February 28, 1957. On June 6, 1957, USS departed Mayport on September 3, 1957 for its maiden voyage, sailing into the Norwegian Sea and participated in Operation Strikeback. On February 1, 1958, departed Mayport and was deployed to the Mediterranean with the Sixth Fleet. During August 1959 Mediterranean deployment, Attack Squadron 34, flying A-4D Skyhawks and part of Saratoga's air wing, was the first squadron deployed to the Sixth Fleet equipped with Bullpup missiles. On January, 1961, during USS Saratoga's deployment with the Sixth Fleet, a serious fire broke out in Saratoga's number two machinery space, taking seven lives. On January 2, 1968, Saratoga underwent an overhaul and modernization program in Philadelphia which lasted for eleven months. On May 17, 1968, USS Saratoga became the host ship for President Richard M. Nixon during the firepower demonstration conducted by Carrier Air Wing Three in the Virginia Capes area. On July 9, 1969, USS Saratoga's ninth Mediterranean deployment. From January 22 until June 11, 1970, USS Saratoga returned to Mayport and the Florida coast, sailing again for duty with the Sixth Fleet. On March 10, 1971, USS Saratoga was in cold iron status. USS Saratoga operated off the Florida coast until June 7, 1971 when it departed for its eleventh deployment with the Sixth Fleet, participating in exercise "Magic Sword II". USS Saratoga returned to Mayport on October 31. On April 11, 1972, Saratoga sailed from Mayport en route to Subic Bay and its first deployment to the Western Pacific. It departed for Vietnam the following week. USS Saratoga was stationed in the Tonkin Gulf for a total of seven times. On June 30, 1972, USS Saratoga was reclassified as a "Multi-purpose Aircraft Carrier". During the first period, Saratoga lost four aircraft and three pilots. During September 2 to September 19, Saratoga USS had flown over 800 combat strike missions against targets in North Vietnam. During its last period in the station, USS Saratoga battered targets in the heart of North Vietnam for over a week. In 1975, USS Saratoga participated in the Locked Gate-75, a NATO operation, containing influence of the Portuguese Communist Party in Portugal after the Carnation Revolution. USS Saratoga also took part in operations during the Lebanon crisis in 1976. In March 1980, Saratoga and embarked airwing CVW-3 departed on their 16th Mediterranean deployment. USS Saratoga, one month after its return from deployment, departed Mayport and headed north to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where it underwent the most extensive industrial overhaul ever performed on any Navy ship. USS Saratoga was also the first ship to undergo the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) overhaul that would last for 28 months. On February 2, 1983, USS Saratoga earned a new nickname, Super Sara. USS Saratoga again departed for its 17th Mediterranean deployment on April 2, 1984. USS Saratoga was overhauled once again at the Naval shipyard at $280 million, following its 19th Mediterranean deployment in June 1987. USS Saratoga participated in Operation Desert Storm and lost 21 crew members in a ferry boat accident off the coast of Haifa, Israel. It completed 6 transits of the Suez Canal and completed approximately 11,000 aircraft launch and recovery cycles. USS Saratoga was decommissioned at the Naval Station, Mayport, Florida on August 20, 1994 and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. It was towed to Philadelphia in May 1995. Saratoga received one battle star for its service in the Vietnam War. Model #: MBACS15 Scale: 1/800Length: 16.6” Width: 5” Height: 3.8” Material Used: Mahogany Wood Modelworks: Hand-crafted Museum Quality Display Ship Models Modelworks has been producing the world’s finest collection of hand-made and hand-painted model ships for over 20 years. Our ship models come mounted on a solid wood base and boast some of the finest craftsmanship money can buy. Our model boat craftsmen work tirelessly on the finest details of your model. 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