USS John F. Kennedy had the distinction of being the final conventionally powered aircraft ... the USS Saratoga Museum Foundation had sought for years to have the Forrestal-class carrier preserved ...
America’s Navy, therefore, built three aircraft carriers: the USS Saratoga, the USS Lexington, and the first carrier in the ...
Over 100 veterans said their goodbyes to the USS Saratoga, a Forrestal-class carrier that protected the United States for nearly 50 years and saw action in Vietnam and in Operation Desert Storm.