USS Saratoga at Bikini

[Jack Cook]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkBibp0ndcI&mode=related&search=
Awesome video of the Saratoga inc a SB2C upsidedown with 2 x 500#
bombs in the bomb bay

[tom d. friedman]

awesome footage & choreography. is the saratoga still radioactive from the post war "A" bomb tests???

[Beachy]

I hope not, since she's berthed (with the Forrestal) just a very short hop north of me!!!

[Shay]

awesome footage & choreography. is the saratoga still radioactive from the post war "A" bomb tests???

Well I don't see any 3 eyed fish in the video.

I remember watching a special on the Baker blast and them saying that it took 3 days (?) for the Sara to finally sink. It took the Nagato 5 days to slip beneath the waves

Shay
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Semper Fortis

Last edited by Shay on Sun Jul 01, 2007 12:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Jack Cook]

I hope not, since she's berthed (with the Forrestal) just a very short hop north of me!!!

eh?
Wrong carrier this is CV-3 not CV-60

[Former Member]

Cool video Jack ...thanks for posting!

John

[hang the expense]

Who knows what song is playing?

[Beachy]

I hope not, since she's berthed (with the Forrestal) just a very short hop north of me!!!

eh?
Wrong carrier this is CV-3 not CV-60

Oops! My bad! But here's a shot a friend of mine took of the ladies I referenced at their current berth! (Obviously, I didn't watch your video post first!!!)

[Jack Cook]

Many great family memories associated with the Saratoga.
Like transfering from the liberty boat to the aft accomadation ladder
while anchored off Palma, Spain was certainly exciting!

[Beachy]

Do tell........

[Jack Cook]

Lets say in 15-20' seas and 30 knots of wind it's all in the timing
Time it wrong and you're either flying or swimming or flying then swimming with that 30' of travel.
It actually got so bad they flew us off in a CH-53 a couple of times.

[Beachy]

[phil65]

Are they still there Beach Girl?
I thought Patrick Kennedy told the Navy to get their junk out of Newport RI.
I remember when the Lowa was there,The two carriers made her look like a dinghy.

Phil

[Beachy]

Yep, they're still here!

[sabredriver]

in the photo what 2 carriers are they? i cant work out the CV numbers at all?

I thought all carriers were scrapped? are they been saved for museums? i do hope so...