SARATOGA CV 60

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 USS SARATOGA CVA-60 Commissioned 14 April 1956 USS SARATOGA CV-60 Reclassified Aircraft Carrier (CV) 30 June 1972 Decommissioned 30 September 1994 Struck from Naval Register 30 September 1994

"Invictus Gallus Gladiator" "Unconquerable Gallant Fighter"

Naval Covers

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

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- 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 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 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

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Decommissioning Station" Mayport, FL

1994-09-30

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

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Saratoga Battlefield Sta." Stillwater NY

1994-10-09

Saluting USS Saratoga CV-60. Cachet by the Official Friends Of Saratoga Battlefield Covers

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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