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Aerial view of the Navy's USS Saratoga aircraft carrier (CV-3) during training maneuvers, 1928-1939

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Title: Aerial view of the Navy's USS Saratoga aircraft carrier (CV-3) during training maneuvers, 1928-1939
Date Created and/or Issued: [Between 1928-1939]
1928/1939
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Aerial view of the Navy's USS Saratoga aircraft carrier (CV-3) during training maneuvers. A couple dozen airplanes are visible on her deck. The wing of an airplane the photographer is in can be seen as well.
The Saratoga entered service as an aircraft carrier in 1928, and was torpedoed twice during WWII, but not sunk. In 1946 she was used as a target for nuclear weapon tests and sunk.
Likely related to Los Angeles Times article, “Navy Kept in Readiness to Meet Any Emergency,” 27 Mar. 1932: A1
Text from the negative sleeve: United States Navy, Ships, Saratoga
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4042
ark:/21198/zz002cprrm
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Aircraft carriers--American
Saratoga (Aircraft carrier: CV-3)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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