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USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

For other ships with the same name, see USS Roosevelt.

USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1971
History
United States
NameFranklin D. Roosevelt
NamesakeFranklin D. Roosevelt
BuilderNew York Naval Shipyard
Laid down1 December 1943
Launched29 April 1945
Commissioned27 October 1945
Decommissioned23 April 1954
Recommissioned6 April 1956
Decommissioned30 September 1977
Reclassified
  • CVB-42, 15 July 1943
  • CVA-42, 1 October 1952
  • CV-42, 30 June 1975
Stricken1 October 1977
Nickname(s)
  • Swanky Franky
  • Foo-De-Roo
  • Rosie
  • Rusty Rosie
FateScrapped, 3 May 1978
Badge
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeMidway-class aircraft carrier
Displacement45,000 tons
Length968 ft (295 m)
Beam113 ft (34 m)
Draft35 ft (11 m)
Speed33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement4,104 officers and men
Armament
Aircraft carried137

USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB/CVA/CV-42) was the second of three Midway-class aircraft carriers. To her crew, she was known as "Swanky Franky," "Foo-De-Roo," or "Rosie," with the last nickname probably the most popular. Roosevelt spent most of her active deployed career operating in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the United States Sixth Fleet. The ship was decommissioned in 1977 and was scrapped shortly afterward. She was the first aircraft carrier of the United States Navy to be named in honor of a president of the United States.


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