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270 photos and 7 illustrations tagged usssaratogacv3, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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• usssaratoga
• aviation
• cv3
• usnavy
• usn
• navalaviation
• unitedstatesnavy
• aircraftcarrier
• ship
• warship
• lexingtonclass
• aircraft
• carrier
• sdasm
• ships
• lexington
• naval
• history
• military
• navy
• saratoga
• worldwartwo
• jlhighfill
• airplane

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• SDASM Archives 275 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 2 photos & illustrations

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Ray Wagner Collection Photo

from SDASM Archives

• Evan Dwyer said:

  This is Lexington. Saratoga did not have the horizontal stripe in 1929, and the radio direction hut beneath the control tower is angled - thus not Saratoga.

Lexington CV2

from SDASM Archives

• Evan Dwyer said:

  in New York City, June 1934

USS Saratoga (CV-3) )circa 1930 2

from SDASM Archives

• TVL1970 said:

  This is actually USS Saratoga (CV-3), note the lower mounted searchlight platforms on the starboard side of the funnel, as compared to her sister ship, USS Lexington (CV-2), whose searchlight platforms were mounted closer to the top of the funnel. It is easy to see why the Navy would subsequently paint a vertical stipe on Saratoga's funnel and a horizontal stripe at the top of Lexington's funnel to ease identification of the ships. Here's a SDASM photo of USS Lexington (CV-2) for comparison: www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/40227510871/

• Evan Dwyer said:

  Agree, this is definitely Saratoga. In fact, it is taken on her initial transit to the pacific, 7 February 1928, and is in the collections of the USN at NARA under accession # 80-G-216837