![]() On 15 September 2014, ex- Saratoga arrived in Brownsville, Texas, to be scrapped. The Navy paid ESCO Marine of Brownsville, Texas, one cent to take the ship for dismantling and recycling. Multiple unsuccessful attempts were made to preserve her as a museum ship. Saratoga was decommissioned in 1994, and was stored at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. One of her last operational duties was to participate in Operation Desert Storm. Navy ship, and the second aircraft carrier, to be named for the Battles of Saratoga in the American Revolutionary War.Ĭommissioned in 1956, she spent most of her career in the Mediterranean, but also participated during the Vietnam War, receiving one battle star for her service. ![]() ![]() USS Saratoga (CV/CVA/CVB-60), was the second of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s.
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