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In massachusetts, british troops march out of boston on a mission to confiscate the patriot arsenal at concord and to capture patriot leaders samuel adams and john hancock, known to be hiding at lexington. Saratogas 18th deployment was anything but ordinary. Uss cascade ad 16 cruise book log med 1960 1961 crew photos cd. Quotes signify a member of the michigan chapter served onboard that cruise.
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After departing mayport in august 1985, saratoga steamed toward the mediterranean for what was scheduled to be a. The ships name comes from the revolutionary battle of saratoga. Saratoga departed yankee station for subic bay on 7 january 1973. The sixth ship using the name saratoga was built at the new york naval shipyard and commissioned on 14 april 1956. Aerial photo of the launching of the attack aircraft carrier saratoga cva60 at.
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