The USS Saratoga, after serving the allied cause well in the Pacific during WWII, met a less than glorious end...what became of her?

McGruff

USS Saratoga, a 33,000-ton aircraft carrier, was converted from the battle cruiser Saratoga (CC-3) while under construction at Camden, New Jersey. She was commissioned in November 1927, as the second of the Navy's initial pair of fully capable aircraft carriers. Too old for retention in the post-war fleet, Saratoga was assigned to target duty for the atomic bomb tests at Bikini, in the Marshall Islands. She survived the first blast on 1 July 1946, but sank after the 25 July underwater test. USS Saratoga still lies beneath the waters of Bikini atoll, where she is occasionally visited by divers. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/cv3.htm Mar 15 02, 3:33 PM