[Shotimes] Its called an Engine

[Donald Mallinson]

James,

(see quote below) Then your Father served with my cousin. 
He was a signalman, on the CV60, the "Fighting Cock" USS 
Saratoga, one of the last of the non-nuclear aircraft 
carriers.  OK, now about 150 dirty minded people are 
snickering, but the story is thus:

Saratoga II was a wind ship, Corvette class.  During a fight 
in the war of 1812, a British cannonball tore through the 
deck of the Saratoga.  It broke open a cage releasing a 
seaman's rooster (or "gamecock as they were known).   This 
bird came up on deck and in the middle of the battle sat on 
the rail and crowed and flapped at the British ship.  This 
so inspired the Americans that they won the day.  The motto 
"The Fighting Cock" became legend and has been the slogan of 
every Saratoga since.

In my cousins honor I have joined the USS Saratoga 
Association (honors ALL ships named Saratoga) and am working 
(from a distance)to help them restore the CV60 as a museum 
in Providence RI.  The Saratoga is docked next to the also 
decommissioned CV59, the Forrestal, in Newport RI.  Part of 
the museum is a Russian Cold War era submarine, Juliett 484, 
a 300 foot long diesel sub that is now open to the public.

If you have US NAVY in your blood and are so inclined, visit 
the web site and make a donation, or visit the location to 
see these wonderful ships.

http://www.saratogamuseum.org

As for ship/boat, different branches have different 
traditions, but if you dared call the Saratoga a "boat" near 
a sailor stationed on her, you were in a world of hurt!  :)

Don Mallinson

James F. Ryan III wrote:
> My father was a Seargent in the Marines in the mid to late 50s.  He served
> on CV-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (last of the straight-deck carriers) and
> then served on CV-60 USS Saratoga and was on board during her first
> deployment with the fleet (to the Mediterranean).  He has always says
> "carrier" or "ship", and the aircraft he worked on - F2H Banshee, F4H
> Phantom, F9F Panther/Cougar, and A-4 Skyhawk - are "jets".