Added lay-down, launch and commission date notes, as well as the "Sisters" note and the references to Operation Crossroads.
Laid down as battlecruiser on 25 September 1920 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New JerseyLaunched on 7 April 1925, after conversion to aircraft carrier.Operation Crossroads. Saratoga survived the first test, Able, with little damage.Operation Crossroads. Saratoga was sunk by the second test -BakerCommissioned on 16 November 1927.Lexington-class Carriers
USS Lexington CV-2 (Lost at the Battle of Coral Sea) & USS Saratoga CV-3The cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA 36) took her under tow after a torpedo attack left her dead in the water.She was laid down as a Battle Cruiser (CC 3), but got converted into an Aircraft Carrier (CV 3) before being launched.