CVA/CV60 Saratoga (Forrestal Class)


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Laid down 16th December 1952
Launched 8th October 1955
Completed N/A
Commissioned 14th April 1956
Fate Decommissioned:
30th September 1994
Builders New York Shipbuilding, New York
United States
Complement 2860 crew
3100 air group
72 marines
Dimensions
Displacement As built:
59500 tons std
76300 tons max
Refitted:
59500 tons std
80600 tons max
Dimensions 1040' x 129'
Draught 35'
Armament
Main guns As built:
8 x 5" (8 x 1)
Refitted:
None
Secondary guns N/A
Torpedo tubes None
Other weapons As built:
None

Refitted:
SAM:
16 x Sea Sparrow (2 x 8)
CIWS:
3 x Vulcan Phalanx (3 x 1)
Countermeasures 4 x SRBOC decoy launchers
1 x SLQ26 Nixie towed decoy
Armour N/A
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft 80 various

F14 Tomcat
F/A18 Hornet
EA6B Prowler
E2C Hawkeye
S3 Viking
SH3 Sea King
SH60 Sea Hawk
Flightdeck 990' x 250' 3"
Hangar N/A
Catapults N/A
Arrestor system Across deck wires
Aviation fuel N/A
Electronics Fit
Radar SPS49 air search
SPS67 surface search
SPS64 navigation
Sonar None
ECM N/A
Other Mk95 fire control
Machinery
Engines 8 x Foster Wheeler boilers
4 x Westinghouse steam turbines
Power output 280000shp
Speed 33kts
Shafts 4
Range 8000NM @ 20kts
Fuel N/A

Saratoga is moored at Newport, Rhode Island, awaiting a decision on her future.

Last altered : 3rd May 1999

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