The article offers on the U.S. Ship Saratoga where the squadron VS-3 and VB-3 had taken delivery of the airplane SBD 3 and were preparing for the Thanksgiving leave, when the Japanese attacked the Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Hawaii, resulting in the ship being ordered to go into war with the Japanese. Comments on the preparation of Saratoga for the war and the ordeal faced by the ship on its movement from San Diego to Pearl Harbor are also included.