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Preserving Aviation HIstory

Check out USS Saratoga CV-3 in 1929, the elevator next to the island was the shape of a T. The poor layout made launching a full airwing strike difficult, as the first group of planes would often waste excessive fuel circling while waiting for the remaining aircraft to be cycled up from the hangar. #usssaratoga #cv3 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Per request, here is USS Saratoga CV-3 inn Puget Sound, 15 May 1945. After having been repaired from a Kamikaze attack in Feb. of 1945. #usssaratoga #cv3 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is USS Saratoga CV-3 in Puget Sound in May of 1942. #usssaratoga #cv3 #wwii #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is USS Saratoga CV-3 late WWII with an expanded forward flight deck, and lowered stack. Remarkably she survived numerous attacks and made it to the end of the war. #usssaratoga #cv3 #wwii #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

#otd at Naval Air Station Seattle, planes from the USS Saratoga CV-3 air group in the hangar at the station. Planes in the foreground...

#otd Boeing F4B-4 taking off over the stern, as the USS Saratoga CV-3 as she makes 15 knots astern, 17 May 1934. #usssaratoga #cv3 #f4b...

#otd USS Saratoga CV-3 llooking forward from overhead, taken at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, 14 May 1942. Note: Bombs on flight...

#otd USS Saratoga CV-3 operating off Panama, 21 April 1934, at about the time of fleet problem 15. #usssaratoga #cv3 #navalsafari...

#otd USS Saratoga CV-3 a view of the arresting gear, taken from frame 210 amidships, on 20 April 1936. #usssaratoga #cv3 #navalsafari...

#otd USS Saratoga CV-3 off of Diamond Head, Oahu HI, 6-7 January 1937 during aerial gunnery practice. #usssaratoga #cv3 #diamonhead...