CV-60 USS Saratoga Engineers

Namesake. Battles of Saratoga, (19 Sep-7 Oct1777) the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans, supported by the French, over the British in the American Revolutionary War
Ordered. 23 Jul 1952
Builder. New York Naval Shipyard, NY
Cost. $209.7 million
Laid down. 16 Dec 1952
Launched. 8 Oct 1955
Acquired. 14 Apr 1956
Commissioned. 14 Apr 1956
Decommissioned. 20 Aug 1994
Reclassified:
CVA-60, 1 Oct 1952
CV-60, 30 Jun 1972
Stricken. 20 Aug 1994
Fate. Scrapped in 2019
Class and type. Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
Displacement. 81,101 long tons (82,402 t) full, 61,235 long tons (62,218 t) light, 19,866 long tons (20,185 t) dead
Length. 1,063 ft (324 m)
Beam. 130 ft (40 m) waterline, 252 ft (77 m) extreme
Draft. 37 ft (11 m)
Propulsion. 4 Westinghouse geared turbines, 4 shafts, 280,000 shp (210,000 kW), 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Speed. 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement. 552 officers, 4988 men
Sensors and processing systems:
AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar
AN/SPS-48 2D air search radar
AN/SPS-10 surface search radar
Electronic warfare & decoys. Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament:
8 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns (127 mm) (removed)
NATO Sea Sparrow
Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried. 70-90