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Abraham lincoln cvn72 198890, 1991, 1993, 199495, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 200203, 200405, 2006, 2008, 201011, 201112. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. On the back cover of the 19741975 med cruise book there is a dedication to these four men who were killed the following information was provided by edward l. Us navy cruise book uss saratoga cva 60 med cruise 6465. Printing is also easily possible because of the high resolution 300dpi and the missing watermarks. Legendary aircraft carrier uss saratoga scrapped for one cent. Cruise books in the navy department librarys collection. Several years ago, his cruise book was stolen, and he has been trying to locate one ever since. The ship entered service in 1928 and was assigned to the pacific fleet for her entire career.
Back to last page back to cruise book page back to uss saratoga page. Uss independence cv 62 was commissioned as a forrestal class attack aircraft carrier cva 62 at the brooklyn naval shipyard, new york, on january 10, 1959. Uss saratoga cv60 photos and history a starboard bow view of the aircraft carrier uss saratoga cv 60 underway with a full spot of aircraft on the flight deck during mediterranean deployment 92. Uss saratoga 1 august 14, 1990 february 2, 1991 youtube. March 10, 1980 uss saratoga and embarked airwing cvw17 departed on their 16th mediterranean underway period. Navy and coast guard deck logs from 1956 to 1978 will be closed to researchers. Apr 27, 2018 vq6 det a es3a east coast maiden deployment and general flight deck operations onboard the sara. The saratoga was placed out of commission a the end of september 1994. The uss saratoga museum foundation has worked for 12 years to bring the ship to rhode island, and is now focusing on continuing to acquire saratoga memorabilia for display onboard the uss john f. You would be purchasing the uss saratoga cv 60 decommissioning program. If anyone has an information as to how i might obtain the 8586 uss saratoga cruise book, i would be so grateful. The uss saratoga cva60 named after famous battle of saratoga. For rating shirts click on your rating abbreviation below. The early 1990s saw the ship actively engaged in operation desert storm with over 10,000 active missions.
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