USS SARATOGA - Ship of The Week #3 12/6/14

[Admiral2]

UNITED STATES SHIP SARATOGA (SCV-2812)​

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The USS Saratoga is an SCVN (Space Carrier Vehicle Nuclear) of the John F. Kennedy class. It is the space equivalent of a US Navy aircraft carrier and serves as the base of operations for several Navy and Marine Corps squadrons. It’s armament includes laser pulse cannons, phalanx missile launchers and torpedo launchers. Not capable of atmospheric flight, the vessel is powered by a helium 3 fusion engine and measures 1,724 feet in length, 804 feet in beam and 608 feet high. The Saratoga is commanded by Commodore Glen Ross.

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SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND​

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S:AAB is a short-lived mid-1990sscience fiction series on theFOX Network, created and written byGlen Morgan andJames Wong. Originally planned for five seasons, it ran only for the single 1995–1996 season.
Set in the years 2063–2064, the show focuses on the "Wildcards", members of the United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron. They are stationed on the space carrier USS Saratoga, and act as infantry and pilots of SA-43 Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Attack Jet ("Hammerhead")fighters.

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“I’ll be a son of a bitch if I attend your funeral!”

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRDdRp12BuE[/yt]

 

[Gary Mitchell]

It wasn't the prettiest ship but it kicked butt.

 

[Admiral2]

It wasn't the prettiest ship but it kicked butt.

Ugliest ships kick the most butt. It's the pretty ones that got sumthin' to prove...

 

[publiusr]

I miss the old STARLOG spaceship handbooks.

I'd love to see something similar...

 

[Admiral2]

I miss the old STARLOG spaceship handbooks.

I'd love to see something similar...

I think need a magazine like Starlog to publish one as a special issue. None of the sci-fi publications still in business seem to want to do that.