USS Saratoga Squadron at Sea

by David Doyle

Book Overview

Faced with the restrictions of the Washington Navy Treaty, the US Navy had a choice: either scrap its partially complete battlecruiser Saratoga, which along with her sister ship Lexington were intended to be the most powerful in the world, or convert them into an aircraft carriers. Wisely, the Navy chose the latter option and created what for many years were the largest aircraft carriers built. When commissioned in 1927, Saratoga's decks teamed with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089747712X
• ISBN13: 9780897477123
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: MMD-Squadron Signal
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.9" x 8.2"