SARATOGA CV 60

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier
    Ordered as Large Aircraft Carrier (CVB) 23 July 1952
    Reclassified Attack Aircraft Carrier (CVA) 1 October 1952
    Keel Laid 16 December 1952 - Launched 8 October 1955

  1. USS SARATOGA CVA-60
    Commissioned 14 April 1956

  2. USS SARATOGA CV-60
    Reclassified Aircraft Carrier (CV) 30 June 1972
    Decommissioned 30 September 1994

    Struck from Naval Register 30 September 1994


Naval Covers

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  1. USS Saratoga CVA-60 / CV-60 Covers Page 1    (1952-1998)

 

Postmarks

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A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
FDC 2(n)

1956-04-14

As CVA-60. Commissioning, cachet by Admiral Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1956-06-09

As CVA-60


 

Locy Type
2(n+)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-23c

1962-07-04

As CVA-60. 4th of July, cachet by Admiral Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS


 

Locy Type
2(n+)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-23d

1965-12-25

As CVA-60


 

Locy Type
2t(n+u)

1962-02-25

As CVA-60


 

Locy Type
2t(n+u) (USS)

1971-09-25

As CVA-60. R/S ship's cachet


 

Locy Type
2-1(n+) (D2,USS)

1980-10-06

As CV-60


 

Locy Type
2-1(n) (USS)

1988-10-27

As CV-60


 

Locy Type
2-1(n+)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-23e

1990-11-26

As CV-60


 

Locy Type
2-1(n+)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-23f

1993-03-24

As CV-60. Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth


 

Locy Type
7

1961-05-18

As CVA-60


 

Locy Type
7dit(n+u) (POW/MIA)

1971-10-22

As CVA-60


 

Locy Type
7dit(n+u) (POW/MIA)

1972-05-19

As CVA-60


 

Locy Type
7dity

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-23b

1957-06-10

CVA-60. First Day of Issue of the International Naval Review stamp, add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
7dity

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-23b

1957-06-10

CVA-60. First Day of Issue of the International Naval Review stamp, cachet by Fleetwood. Scan contributed by Jon Howard.


 

Locy Type
7dity

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-23b

1957-06-10

As CVA-60


 

Locy Type
7t(n+u)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-23g

1968-03-17

As CVA-60


 

Locy Type
9ef(nu)

1956-06-09

As CVA-60


 

Locy Type
9ef(n+u)

1968-10-27

As CVA-60


 

Locy Type
9fu

1961-05-18

As CVA-60


 

Locy Type
9-1(n+u)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-23i

1980-10-06

As CV-60


 

Locy Type
9-1(nu) (USS)

1992-02-27

As CV-60


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-8

1982-06-17

As CV-60. Tall Ships 1982, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-23k

1982-10-01

As CV-60. FDPS after Overhaul, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-23l

1994-08-20

As CV-60. Deactivation, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type
Meter FR2
(#9002704) FPO 34078

1994-05-28

No Image

As CV-60


 

Locy Type
LDC 2-1(n+)

1994-09-30
to
1994-09-30

Last Day in Commission


 

Locy Type
LDC 9-1(n+u)

1994-09-30

Last Day in Commission



USPS Pictorial Postmark


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"Decommissioning Station"

Mayport, FL

1994-09-30

Decommissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Non-Postal Marking


 

Cachet

1956-04-14

This is not a postmark used by the ship. It is a cachet that was used to cancel the stamp.

 

Other Information

USS SARATOGA earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon (3 awards), the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon (3 awards), the Navy "E" Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Expeditionary Medal (2 awards), the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2 awards), the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 1 Campaign star, the Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 2 Campaign stars, the Armed Forces Service Medal, the NATO Medal (Yugoslavia), the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for the American Revolutionary War Battle of Saratoga.

Six ships of the US Navy have borne the name SARATOGA - USS Saratoga (1780 18-gun sloop-of-war), USS Saratoga (1814 26-gun corvette), USS Saratoga (1842 22-gun sloop-of-war), USS Saratoga ACR-2, USS Saratoga CV-3 and USS Saratoga CV-60.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Charles S. Thomas.

 


 

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