US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Saratoga Dropped 4,047,000 Pounds of Ordnance on Iraq and Transited the Suez Canal Six Times. Saddam Hussein Announced on Television That She Had Been Sunk.

Operating from the Red Sea with CVW-17, Saratoga completed six transits of the Suez Canal and her air wing delivered 4,047,000 pounds of ordnance. Iraqi television announced she had been sunk. The one Scud missile fired in her general direction missed by more than 100 nautical miles.
By: 19fortyfive.com







