USS Saratoga

Survived

Type	Aircraft carrier
Class	Lexington
War	Second World War
Main guns	8 × 8″ guns in 4 twin turrets

Laid down as a battlecruiser and completed as a carrier under the Washington Treaty. Her aircraft sank Ryūjō at the Eastern Solomons. Torpedoed by I-26 a week later and out of action until November. Survived the war and was sunk in the Bikini atomic tests in 1946.

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), circa 1942. Planes on deck include five Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters, six Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers and one Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo plane. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × twin 8 in (203 mm) guns
12 × single 5 in (127 mm) AA guns

Armour

Belt: 5–7 in (127–178 mm)
Deck: 0.75–2 in (19–51 mm)
Gun turrets: 0.75 in (19 mm)
Bulkheads: 5–7 in (127–178 mm)

Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	25 September 1920
Launched	7 April 1925
Commissioned	16 November 1927
Displacement	36,000 long tons (37,000 t) (standard)
Length	888 ft (270.7 m)
Speed	33.25 knots (61.58 km/h; 38.26 mph)
Complement	2,791 (including aviation personnel) in 1942

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

7 April 1925

Battle of the Eastern Solomons

Survived

24–25 August 1942

Fletcher's flagship; her aircraft sank Ryūjō

Fate

Survived

Sunk during Operation Crossroads atomic bomb testing, 25 July 1946