USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

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USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was a Midway-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served prominently during the Cold War era.

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instanceOf Midway-class aircraft carrier
United States Navy ship
aircraft carrier
aircraftCarried carrier-based attack aircraft
carrier-based fighter aircraft
armament anti-aircraft guns
beam 113 ft
34 m
builder New York Naval Shipyard
class Midway class
commissioned 27 October 1945
conflict Lebanon crisis of 1958
Vietnam War
country United States of America
crewComplement over 3,000 personnel
decommissioned 30 September 1977
displacement approximately 45,000 long tons full load
era Cold War
fate scrapped
homeport Naval Station Mayport
Naval Station Norfolk
hullNumber CV-42
CVA-42
CVB-42
laidDown 1 December 1943
launched 29 April 1945
length 295 m
968 ft
locationOfConstruction Brooklyn
surface form: Brooklyn, New York
maximumSpeed about 33 knots
modernization SCB-110A modernization program
namedAfter President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
notableEvent first U.S. aircraft carrier to operate jet aircraft as a significant part of its air group
received angled flight deck modernization
operator United States Navy
partOf Atlantic Fleet
pennantNumber 42
propulsion 4 shafts
steam turbines
scrappedAt Kearny, New Jersey
scrappingBegan 1978
serviceDuration 1945–1977
serviceEntry post-World War II period
sponsoredBy Eleanor Roosevelt
stricken 1 October 1977
visitedPort Athens
Barcelona
Naples

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Ken Mattingly servedOn USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
Midway-class aircraft carrier shipInClass USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
this entity surface form: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42)