Uss Saratoga (cv-3)

	Draught	us
	Ship Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
	Ship Ordered	1917 (as battlecruiser)<br>1922 (as aircraft carrier)
	Ship Laid Down	25 September 1920
	Ship Launched	7 April 1925
	Ship Commissioned	16 November 1927
	Ship Reclassified	1 July 1922 battlecruiser to CV
	Ship Fate	Sunk by A-bomb test 25 July 1946
	Ship Struck	15 August 1946
	Ship Honours	American Defense Service Medal ("Fleet" clasp)/American Campaign Medal / Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (8 stars) / World War II Victory Medal

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