Saratoga

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 * USS Saratoga was the second of the Lexington-class ships, which were originally designed as battlecruisers until the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 necessitated their conversion into aircraft carriers. Nicknamed "Sister Sara" or "Sara Maru" by her crews, she served with distinction during the Second World War, being present in many major engagements including the Guadalcanal campaign, the New Georgia campaign, and the Battle of Iwo Jima, along with seeing combat in the Indian Ocean.
 * Her device to launch the plane is different with the other carriers. While normal carriers using bow and arrows to launch the plane, except Graf. She's using M1928 Thompson SMG that is a vintage WWII US weapon. Behind her long skirt, there is 3/4 80/100-feed detachable drum magazine that is very rare and well-known its presence in Mafia-themed Hollywood movies.
 * Her artwork was based on Marilyn Monroe most popular scene in old bicoloured Hollywood movies.
 * "Saratoga" and Lexington in reality has 2x4 8" guns as their secondary batteries. But, "Saratoga" in here wasn't equipped with the gun, instead, she got two US plane on her beginning, and two more planes on her Kai remodel.
 * Converted into a training ship in 1945 following battle damage from Iwo Jima, and used as a repatriation vessel at the end of the war. She would later be used as one of the ships present in the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests of 1946 in Bikini Atoll, where she sank after the Test Baker nuclear detonation.
 * The letter E on Saratoga 's funnel is a Battle Effectiveness Award granted to US Navy ships that demonstrate an exceptional state of combat readiness, and in Saratoga 's case was awarded for Excellence in Engineering during exercises in 1938.
 * Sunk the light carrier Ryuujou with her aircraft during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August, 1942.
 * Saratoga was one of only three pre war carriers of the United States Navy that survived World War Two, the other two being USS Enterprise and USS Ranger.