J. J. Fry's Saratoga "Logalbum"
1939-1941
A girl in every port
The Saratoga was probably enroute from Pearl Harbor to Coronado on June 17, 1940
The Saratoga was enroute from Long Beach to Bremerton on October 31, 1941, and emerged from Drydock #4 on November 15th.
Sara won her second "E" for Engineering efficiency on August 29, 1939 allowing her to sport a hashmark under the E on her stack. This photo was taken sometime after that, but before she won a third "E".
The three Fry brothers, and their buddy Martin. E. E. Fry, who apparently went by "Freak" during this period kneels in the foreground. J. J. "Jeff" Fry (my father), brother K. M. "Mutt", and buddy Martin all sport cigars.
The Saratoga and a liberty boat -- two photos taken from the ferry during the visit to the World's Fair in San Francisco on July 4th Weekend, 1939
Three photos of the Long Beach "Pike"
Hula dancers perform aboard ship. The Saratoga visited Hawaii in the Spring and Fall of both 1940 and 1941.
Dorothy Schaeffer and Jeff Fry circa 1940 -- They would marry in 1942