usssaratogacv3

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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

Evan Dwyer said:
This is in 1929, after the windscreen was added around the top of her bridge but before the November painting of the vertical stripe on her stack.

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.