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USS Saratoga: Museum plans scrapped, ship faces same fate
The Saratogan ^
| 5/5/2010
| Paul Post
Posted on 05/05/2010 8:25:54 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The navy has scuttled plans to make the USS Saratoga a museum in favor of another more modern aircraft carrier, the USS John F. Kennedy.
The Saratoga, now docked in Newport, R.I., will almost certainly be scrapped.
Six ships have been named Saratoga in American naval history three sailing ships from the Revolution, War of 1812 and Civil War, respectively, a cruiser and two aircraft carriers.
"Every ship named Saratoga has had a strong presence in the history of this nation," said Larry Gordon of Wilton, the unofficial USS Saratoga historian. "It isnt like were losing the ship. You cant destroy the history."
The latest Saratoga was launched in 1956 and decommissioned in 1994 after serving in Desert Storm.
"In its time, the Saratoga was the big bad boy out there," Gordon said. "Its always been there."
(Excerpt) Read more at saratogian.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aircraftcarrer; aircraftcarrier; cv60; cva60; navair; navalhistory; newport; sinkingsara; usn; usnavy; usssaratoga
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To: sonofstrangelove
History looses again.
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posted on
05/05/2010 8:28:38 PM PDT
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: sonofstrangelove
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posted on
05/05/2010 8:34:32 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: sonofstrangelove
I am sick of the Kennedys.
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posted on
05/05/2010 8:44:02 PM PDT
by
Islander7
(If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
To: Islander7
The museum for the USS John F Kennedy is putting in a glass bottom...So you can see Teddy’s car.
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posted on
05/05/2010 8:49:03 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: sonofstrangelove
The first Carrier built with a 1200 PSI 8 Boiler configuration. Previous carriers were 600 PSI.
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posted on
05/05/2010 8:50:14 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
To: sonofstrangelove
Bummer. These carrier museum projects are almost always economic losers. I don't know about Intrepid, but Midway is the only other one I know is keeping its head above water.
I did my A-4 carrier qual on the Saratoga. I didn't do very well. You had to get a 2.4 grade to qualify. I got exactly a 2.4. I sucked.
Eventually I got better.
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posted on
05/05/2010 8:51:02 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: cva66snipe
I did not know that. Thanks for the info.
:)
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posted on
05/05/2010 8:51:06 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: sonofstrangelove
Darn shame. I was reading a bit about Saratoga earlier tonight. The old girl has quite a history. Hate to think of her "cut up for razor blades", as the saying goes.
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posted on
05/05/2010 8:52:59 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)
To: USNBandit
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posted on
05/05/2010 8:54:17 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: sonofstrangelove
All my best to the crews who served on her. It’s a sad thing to know that the ship you served on is scheduled for the scrap heap. Having been in the Navy, I can tell you that there is a strong attachment to a ship you have served on. It becomes a part of you.
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posted on
05/05/2010 9:00:24 PM PDT
by
RC2
To: Islander7
I am sick of the Kennedys. Me too. But ship museums are generally in honor of those who actually served on-board them and not the ships namesake as such. Although JFK's name on it will all but guarantee a museum happens.
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posted on
05/05/2010 9:04:26 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
To: sonofstrangelove
I did not know that. Thanks for the info It was a fluke. Saratoga CV 60 was the second Forestall Class Carrier and Forestall Cv-59 had 8-600 PSI Boilers. That significant change still did not change the class name. I can also tell you the name of the only carrier built with a sonar dome. America LOL.
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posted on
05/05/2010 9:10:09 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
To: DemforBush
I’d like to see her sold to Columbia.
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posted on
05/05/2010 9:29:25 PM PDT
by
GunsAndBibles
(God save Calif. - 'cause it's gonna take a miracle.)
To: USNBandit
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posted on
05/05/2010 9:29:33 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: USNBandit
...pretty sure the Intrepid gets over 600,000 visitors a year...but it has gone under numerous upgrades...air and space and the like.I think this is the first year their opening more to the public too.
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posted on
05/05/2010 9:31:14 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
To: RC2
Thanks for that shipmate. Spent alot of cold nights out on that port quarter. =(
The last few CV's the Navy got rid of they were sank. Scrappers can't make any money off of them due to environmental and safety regulations. Look for a SINKEX off the Florida Coast in the future as an artificial reef. IIRC that's where she was home ported Mayport, Florida.
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posted on
05/05/2010 9:49:52 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
To: USNBandit
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posted on
05/05/2010 9:50:12 PM PDT
by
narses
( 'Prefer nothing to the love of Christ.')
To: sonofstrangelove
Saratoga is one big ship! When we sailed out of Bristol Harbor, we could see her at Newport as soon as we were in Narraganset Bay. Iowa was moored on the other side of her, and you couldn't see her until you sailed past Saratoga...
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posted on
05/05/2010 10:14:49 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! REPEAT San Jacinto!!)
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