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USS SARATOGA (CV-60) passing the Delaware Memorial Bridge.

Photographed on January 10, 1969.

Temple University Libraries: P564050B

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USS IOWA (BB-61), USS CORAL SEA (CV-43), USS SARATOGA (CV-60) and their respective Battle Groups entering Augusta Bay, Sicily for a good will visit.

Photographed on October 17, 1987 by PH3 Skeens.

NARA: 6452203, 6452190, 6452206

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Photographed during the later 1950s.

"View on the forecastle of USS DES MOINES (CA-134) looking aft, while operating as flagship of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. USS SARATOGA (CVA-60) is in the distance. Her 8"/55 guns are trained out to starboard, while men work on a 3"/50 twin in the foreground."

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 45506

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USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) underway near Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Photographed on July 21, 1964.

Dick Leonhardt Collection: 19640721S-A14

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USS SARATOGA (CV-60) underway in the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean sea.

Date: May 8, 1967

Dick Leonhardt's Collection: 19670508FTB-869

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A Grumman F-14A Tomcat of Fighter Squadron 2 (VF-2) flying over USS RANGER (CV-61) and USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) while underway in the Indian Ocean.

Photographed on January 1, 1987.

NARA: 6451639

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USS SARATOGA (CV-60) departing New York City, on June 2, 1956.

Note: her main mast is tilted to the side so it could pass under the Brooklyn Bridge.

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