"USS Saratoga" Topic

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Tango01	20 Sep 2019 10:29 p.m. PST
Nice model. From here link Amicalement Armand
d88mm1940	21 Sep 2019 11:29 a.m. PST
Trivia time: Why does the Sara have a black stripe painted on her stack? (I know.)
Tango01	21 Sep 2019 12:04 p.m. PST
(smile) Amicalement Armand
21eRegt	22 Sep 2019 10:15 a.m. PST
I assume the stripe was there because of striking physical similarity to the USS Lexington.
skipper John	24 Sep 2019 8:19 a.m. PST
In the 70's I worked with a fellow that was on the Saratoga. Wish we had talked more about it. He was the only survivor from his gunnery crew.
Ammianus	10 Mar 2020 3:27 p.m. PST
Because she was visually identical to Lexington, a large black stripe was painted on her funnel to help sailors differentiate her, and it led to her nickname Stripe Stacked Sara.

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