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Armament. 8 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns (127 mm) (removed) NATO Sea Sparrow. Phalanx CIWS. Aircraft carried. 70–90. USS Saratoga (CV/CVA/CVB-60), was the second of four Forrestal -class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Saratoga was the sixth U.S. Navy ship, and the second aircraft carrier, to be named for the ...
Number built. 1,219 [ 1] Developed into. Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III. LTV A-7 Corsair II. The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft [ 2] designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Vought. It was the last American fighter that had guns as the primary weapon ...
Saratoga. (CV-3) USS Saratoga (CV-3) was a Lexington -class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1920s. Originally designed as a battlecruiser, she was converted into one of the Navy's first aircraft carriers during construction to comply with the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. The ship entered service in 1928 and was ...
1 × Aircraft catapult. 2 × Elevators. The Lexington-class aircraft carriers were a pair of aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy (USN) during the 1920s, the USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3). The ships were built on hulls originally laid down as battlecruisers after World War I, but under the Washington Naval Treaty of ...
The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior is a jet-powered strategic bomber that was developed and produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was designed by Douglas on behalf of the United States Navy, which sought a carrier -capable strategic bomber. In July 1949, Douglas was awarded the contract to produce its design, having bested eight other aircraft ...
On 23 March 1986, American aircraft from the three aircraft carriers crossed the "Line of Death" and began operating in the Gulf of Sidra. On 24 March at 06:00 ( CET ), USS Ticonderoga, accompanied by two destroyers, USS Scott and USS Caron, moved south of the "Line", covered by fighter aircraft. A Libyan missile installation near Surt ( Sirte ...
In The New Guys, author Meredith Bagby follows the exploits of NASA's Astronaut class of 1978 — "Class 8," America's first women, African Americans, Asian American, and gay person to fly to space.
Stephen Nathaniel Frick (born September 30, 1964) [1] is an American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Frick graduated from Pine-Richland High School in 1982, earned a degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1986, was commissioned as a United States Navy ...