| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Aircraft Carrier |
| Class | Lexington |
| Pennant | CV 3 |
| Built by | New York Shipbuilding |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 25 Sep 1920 |
| Launched | 7 Apr 1925 |
| Commissioned | 16 Nov 1927 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Ordered and laid down as battle cruiser of the Lexington class she was canceled on 17 August 1923. Then reordered as carrier and commissioned as such. Sunk in A-bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. Today, the world's only diveable aircraft carrier wreck. |
Commands listed for USS Saratoga (CV 3)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Capt. Albert Cushing Read, USN | 16 Jun 1938 | 15 Mar 1940 | |
| 2 | Capt. Robert P. Molten, USN | 15 Mar 1940 | 6 Jun 1940 | |
| 3 | Capt. Archibald H. Douglas, USN | 6 Jun 1940 | 12 May 1942 | |
| 4 | Capt. Dewitt Clinton Ramsey, USN | 12 May 1942 | 27 Sep 1942 | |
| 5 | Capt. Gerald Francis Bogan, USN | 27 Sep 1942 | 7 Apr 1943 | |
| 6 | Capt. Henry Maston Mullinnix, USN | 7 Apr 1943 | 22 Aug 1943 | |
| 7 | Capt. John Howard Cassady, USN | 22 Aug 1943 | 22 Jun 1944 | |
| 8 | Capt. Thomas Upton Sisson, USN | 22 Jun 1944 | 31 Jul 1944 | |
| 9 | Capt. Lucian Ancel Moebus, USN | 31 Jul 1944 | 27 Apr 1945 | |
| 10 | Capt. Frank Akers, USN | 27 Apr 1945 | 4 Feb 1946 | |
| 11 | John Ronald Diffley, USN | 4 Feb 1946 | 6 Mar 1946 | |
| 12 | Captain Stanhope Cotton Ring, USN | 6 Mar 1946 | 2 Jun 1946 | |
| 13 | Donald Swain MacMahan, USN | 2 Jun 1946 | 25 Jul 1947 | |
| 14 | Cdr. Henry Howard Caldwell, USN | ??? | ??? | |
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