USS Saratoga

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USS Saratoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, originally commissioned in the 1920s, that later became notable as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests.

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AI-generated illustration of USS Saratoga

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of USS Saratoga (USS Saratoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, originally commissioned in the 1920s, that later became notable as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
USS Saratoga (CV-3) 11
USS Saratoga canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lexington-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ
target ship ⓘ
airGroup carrier-based aircraft ⓘ
armament 8 × 8-inch guns (as built) ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
awards 8 battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
battle Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ
Bougainville operations ⓘ
Guadalcanal Campaign ⓘ
Iwo Jima operations ⓘ
beam 106 feet ⓘ
builder New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ
builtAt Camden, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Camden
commissioned 16 November 1927 ⓘ
conflict Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
damagedBy torpedoes ⓘ
damagedIn August 1942 torpedo attack ⓘ
January 1942 torpedo attack ⓘ
decommissioned 16 August 1946 ⓘ
displacement about 36,000 long tons (full load) ⓘ
fate sunk as target ⓘ
homeport San Diego ⓘ
hullNumber CV-3 ⓘ
laidDown 25 September 1920 ⓘ
launched 7 April 1925 ⓘ
length 888 feet ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 33 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Battle of Saratoga ⓘ
linked to: Saratoga campaign
notableFor being used as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
propulsion 4 propeller shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
role fleet carrier ⓘ
night carrier training ship ⓘ
training carrier ⓘ
serviceEntryEra interwar period ⓘ
shipClass Lexington class ⓘ
shipwreckLocation Bikini Atoll lagoon ⓘ
linked to: Bikini Atoll
shipwreckUse recreational dive site ⓘ
sinkingDate 25 July 1946 ⓘ
status shipwreck ⓘ
sunkBy underwater nuclear test Baker ⓘ
sunkIn Operation Crossroads ⓘ
testLocation Bikini Atoll ⓘ
testProgram Operation Crossroads nuclear tests ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Crossroads → includedShip → USS Saratoga ⓘ
New York Shipbuilding Corporation → notableShipBuilt → USS Saratoga (CV-3) ⓘ
linked to: USS Saratoga
Battle of Plattsburgh → notableShip → USS Saratoga ⓘ
Bikini Atoll → hasShipwreck → USS Saratoga ⓘ
Ken Mattingly → servedOn → USS Saratoga ⓘ
Lexington-class aircraft carrier → hasPart → USS Saratoga (CV-3) ⓘ
subject linked to: Lexington class
linked to: USS Saratoga
USS Lexington (CV-2) → sisterShip → USS Saratoga (CV-3) ⓘ
subject linked to: Lady Lex
linked to: USS Saratoga
United States Navy in World War II → notableShip → USS Saratoga (CV-3) ⓘ
linked to: USS Saratoga
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard → repairedVessel → USS Saratoga (CV-3) ⓘ
linked to: USS Saratoga
Perry Expedition → fleet → USS Saratoga ⓘ
Lexington-class aircraft carrier → notableUnit → USS Saratoga (CV-3) ⓘ
linked to: USS Saratoga
Lexington-class aircraft carrier → secondShipOfClass → USS Saratoga (CV-3) ⓘ
linked to: USS Saratoga
USS Lexington (CV-2) → sisterShip → USS Saratoga (CV-3) ⓘ
subject linked to: CV-2
linked to: USS Saratoga
Lexington-class battlecruiser → convertedShip → USS Saratoga (CV-3) ⓘ
linked to: USS Saratoga
CC-3 → convertedInto → USS Saratoga (CV-3) ⓘ
linked to: USS Saratoga
CC-3 → laterName → USS Saratoga ⓘ
CC-3 → successorShip → USS Saratoga (CV-3) ⓘ
linked to: USS Saratoga