USS Saratoga CV-60 Aircraft Carrier Model. Fly off of the USS Saratoga CV-60 Aircraft Carrier Model in this handcrafted wooden model. Each model is carved from wood and handcrafted to provide a piece you’ll love. US Veteran Owned Business. The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger. USS Saratoga (CV/CVA/CVB-60), was the second of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Saratoga was the sixth U. Commissioned in 1956, she spent most of her career in the Mediterranean, but also participated during the Vietnam War, receiving one battle star for her service. Saratoga was decommissioned in 1994, and was stored at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. On 15 September 2014, ex-Saratoga arrived in Brownsville, Texas, to be scrapped. Scrapping was completed by early 2019. She was ordered as a “Large Aircraft Carrier”, hull classification symbol CVB-60, and her contract was awarded to the New York Naval Shipyard of Brooklyn, New York on 23 July 1952. She is the second of the four Forrestal-class carriers. She was reclassified as an “Attack Aircraft Carrier” (CVA-60) on 1 October 1952. Her keel was laid down on 16 December 1952. She was launched on 8 October 1955 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas, and commissioned on 14 April 1956 with CAPT Robert Joseph Stroh in command. [3] She was the first carrier in the US Navy to use high-pressure 1,200 psi (8,300 kPa) boilers.