Saratoga (Aircraft carrier : CV-3)

found: NUCMC data from Naval War College, Naval Historical Collection for Douglas, A.H. Papers, 1939-1946(USS Saratoga (CV-3))

found: Dict. of Amer. naval fighting ships(Saratoga; CV-3; 5th laid down 25 Sept. 1920 as Battle Cruiser #3; ordered converted to aircraft carrier and reclassified CV-3 on 1 July 1922; launched 7 Apr. 1925; commissioned 16 Nov. 1927; after WWII assigned to Operation "Crossroads" at Bikini Atoll to test effect of the atomic bomb on naval vessels and mortally wounded by underwater blast 25 July; struck of Navy list 15 Aug. 1946)