Faced with the restrictions of the Washington Navy Treaty, the US Navy had a choice: either scrap their partially complete, battlecruiser Saratoga, which along with her sister ship Lexington were intended to be the most powerful in the world; or convert them into an aircraft carriers. Wisely, the Navy chose the latter option and created what for many years were the largest aircraft carriers built. When commissioned in 1927, Saratoga's decks teamed...