United States Navy Supercarrier, USS Saratoga CV60

In the 1950s, a new class of aircraft carriers were ordered for the United States Navy. They were to be the largest ever built, some 25% larger than the WW2 period Midway class that preceded. Named after the first United States Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal, the Forrestal Class was made up of the Supercarriers USS Forrestal, USS Ranger, USS Independence and USS Saratoga. USS Saratoga would go on to serve over 5 decades for the United States Navy and would be involved in many globally significant events such as the Arab Israeli War, The Achille Lauro hijacking and Desert Storm. One of four supercarriers for the United States Navy, the Forrestal Class of aircraft carriers would pave the way for the even larger, more powerful aircraft carriers to follow. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments are always welcome and I try to respond to as many as possible. Please keep the comments polite and respectful. I reserve the right to remove any comments that breach these guidelines. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music Credits Epidemic Sound.com Get a 30 Day FREE Trial of awesome music using this link. https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Northern Historian on Social Media Facebook   / thenorthernhistorian   Instagram   / northern_historian   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credits & Attributions https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sar...) https://www.navsource.org/archives/02... https://casetext.com/case/united-stat... https://adst.org/2013/04/crossing-qad... https://sierrahotel.net/blogs/news/wh...