After his successful landing, the rest of his air group followed, and Saratoga went on to conduct her first shakedown cruise before heading to the Pacific via the Panama Canal. But in January 1928, he was concentrating on bringing his aircraft safely down onto the flight deck of Saratoga. Fast Carrier Task Force during World War II on a number of daring missions including Operation Hailstone, the fast carrier attack on Truk Lagoon in February 1944. Marc Mitscher on the deck of the USS Saratonga CV-3.
Stretched out below him was the 264 m/866 ft flight deck of the newly commissioned carrier. Ultimately, the mission was cancelled before Saratoga could reach Wake, and the island fell into Japanese hands.Marc Mitscher pulled the control stick of his aircraft to the side, bringing his plane around and lining up for the first ever aircraft landing on the USS Saratoga (CV-3). After embarking her air group, she managed to get underway within 24 hours of the Japanese attack for her first mission of the war-carrying reinforcements for the U.S.
The Aftermath of Pearl HarborĪt the start of the Pacific war, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Saratoga was in San Diego, having just completed a dry dock and maintenance period. In one fleet problem exercise in 1938, Saratoga successfully launched a surprise air attack on Hawaii in what was an almost identical scenario to the Japanese attack in December 1941. Other scenarios were played out in exercises that developed the Navy’s ability to attack other aircraft carriers and shore bases, as well as to offer support for amphibious operations. Naval Aviation grew to become a key component of fleet battle tactics and was constantly developed to improve and project the fleet’s strike power over the horizon.
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