USS Saratoga

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Lexington-class aircraft carrier United States Navy ship aircraft carrier target ship

USS Saratoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, originally commissioned in the 1920s, that later became notable as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
USS Saratoga canonical	5
USS Saratoga (CV-3)	5

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lexington-class aircraft carrier ⓘ United States Navy ship ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ target ship ⓘ
airGroup	carrier-based aircraft ⓘ
armament	8 × 8-inch guns (as built) ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
awards	8 battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
battle	Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ Bougainville operations ⓘ Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign Iwo Jima operations ⓘ
beam	106 feet ⓘ
builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ
builtAt	Camden ⓘ surface form: Camden, New Jersey
commissioned	16 November 1927 ⓘ
conflict	Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
damagedBy	torpedoes ⓘ
damagedIn	August 1942 torpedo attack ⓘ January 1942 torpedo attack ⓘ
decommissioned	16 August 1946 ⓘ
displacement	about 36,000 long tons (full load) ⓘ
fate	sunk as target ⓘ
homeport	San Diego ⓘ
hullNumber	CV-3 ⓘ
laidDown	25 September 1920 ⓘ
launched	7 April 1925 ⓘ
length	888 feet ⓘ
maximumSpeed	about 33 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	Saratoga campaign ⓘ surface form: Battle of Saratoga
notableFor	being used as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
propulsion	4 propeller shafts ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
role	fleet carrier ⓘ night carrier training ship ⓘ training carrier ⓘ
serviceEntryEra	interwar period ⓘ
shipClass	Lexington class ⓘ
shipwreckLocation	Bikini Atoll ⓘ surface form: Bikini Atoll lagoon
shipwreckUse	recreational dive site ⓘ
sinkingDate	25 July 1946 ⓘ
status	shipwreck ⓘ
sunkBy	Operation Crossroads ⓘ surface form: underwater nuclear test Baker
sunkIn	Operation Crossroads ⓘ
testLocation	Bikini Atoll ⓘ
testProgram	Operation Crossroads ⓘ surface form: Operation Crossroads nuclear tests

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Crossroads → includedShip → USS Saratoga ⓘ

New York Shipbuilding Corporation → notableShipBuilt → USS Saratoga ⓘ

this entity surface form: USS Saratoga (CV-3)

Battle of Plattsburgh → notableShip → USS Saratoga ⓘ

Bikini Atoll → hasShipwreck → USS Saratoga ⓘ

Ken Mattingly → servedOn → USS Saratoga ⓘ

Matthew Calbraith Perry → shipCommanded → USS Saratoga ⓘ

Lexington class → hasPart → USS Saratoga ⓘ

subject surface form: Lexington-class aircraft carrier

this entity surface form: USS Saratoga (CV-3)

Lady Lex → sisterShip → USS Saratoga ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Lexington (CV-2)

this entity surface form: USS Saratoga (CV-3)

United States Navy in World War II → notableShip → USS Saratoga ⓘ

this entity surface form: USS Saratoga (CV-3)

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard → repairedVessel → USS Saratoga ⓘ

this entity surface form: USS Saratoga (CV-3)