Notice: Undefined variable: category_path in /home/takahobby.com.hk/public_html/blocks/block_products_list.php on line 396 Tamiya 25179 1/700 USS Saratoga (CV-3) "Battle of Iwo Jima 1945" w/Pontos Model Detail Up Parts
Lexington-class aircraft carrier [sister ship is USS Lexington (CV-2)]
name after Battles of Saratoga (1777)
Commissioned: 16 November 1927
Guadalcanal Campaign [7 August 1942 ~ 9 February 1943] - its aircraft sank IJN light carrier Ryūjō (龍驤) during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in August 1942
Battle of Iwo Jima [19 February ~ 26 March 1945] - she was badly damaged by kamikazeattack and was forced to return to the United States for repairs.
Operation Crossroads [1946] - she was sunk by the nuclear weapon tests.