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{{DISPLAYTITLE:USS ''Saratoga''}}
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{{Infobox Vehicle
|era= MonsterVerse
|image=File:Godzilla (2014 film) - USS Saratoga - Infobox.png
|name=USS ''Saratoga''
|type=Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
|role=Base of operations & warship
|length = 1,092 feet
|status=Active
|owners=[[United States]] Navy
|targets=[[Godzilla (MonsterVerse)|Godzilla]]<br>[[MUTO]]s
|pilot=[[William Stenz|Admiral Stenz]]
|first=[[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'']]
|last=''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization]]''
}}
'''USS ''Saratoga'' (CVN-88)''' is a fictional aircraft carrier which first appears in the [[2014]] [[MonsterVerse]] [[Godzilla (franchise)|''Godzilla'']] film, ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]''.

==History==
===''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]''===
After [[Joseph Brody]] is critically injured during the male [[MUTO]]'s escape from [[Janjira]], he and his son [[Ford Brody|Ford]] are airlifted to the ''Saratoga'' with [[Vivienne Graham]] and [[Ishiro Serizawa]] aboard a [[Monarch]] helicopter.

Unfortunately, Joseph dies before the helicopter reaches the aircraft carrier. Once onboard, Ford learns more about the monster that killed his [[Sandra Brody|mother]] and father, and of Ishiro's knowledge of [[Godzilla (MonsterVerse)|another mysterious monster]].

After a day or so, Ford departs for [[Honolulu]] aboard another Monarch helicopter, as part of a journey to return home to his family in [[San Francisco]]. Shortly afterward, a squadron of Naval F-18 Hornets and helicopters lift off from the ''Saratoga'', bound for [[Hawaii]], after they learned of a [[Russia]]n submarine that was under attack off the coast of Oahu.

Afterward, the aircraft carrier follows Godzilla to San Francisco but stays out at sea to avoid being struck by the MUTOs' electromagnetic pulses.

== Books ==
=== ''[[Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse]]'' ===
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=== ''[[Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla]]'' ===
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==Trivia==
*Early concept art for ''Godzilla'' suggests that Godzilla would attack an aircraft carrier during an early version of the film's plot.
**This may have been recycled into the carrier fight scene in ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]''.
*Multiple ships owned by the US Navy have possessed the name ''Saratoga'', with the most recent aircraft carrier bearing the name to have the code CV-60. The US Navy has yet to reach the CVN-88 code, currently up to CVN-82 in terms of planned aircraft carriers.
*The ''Saratoga'' is also mentioned in the script of [[Godzilla (1994 film)|TriStar's unmade Godzilla film]].
*The ''Saratoga'' is also used in the ''[[Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters]]'' prequel novel, ''[[Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse]]''.

==List of appearances==
*[[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'']] {{1st}}
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''
*''[[Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla]]''

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