USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 100
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Navy_Occupation_Service_Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 27 October 1945
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 3,448
gptkbp:decommissioned 30 September 1977
gptkbp:displacement 45,000 tons
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Naval_Station_Mayport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
gptkbp:hullNumber CV-42
gptkbp:laidDown 1 December 1943
gptkbp:launched 29 April 1945
gptkbp:length 968 feet
gptkbp:modernization SCB-110
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Rosie
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in NATO exercises
First US aircraft carrier to operate jet aircraft from its deck
Deployed to Mediterranean with Sixth Fleet
Deployed to Vietnam War
First US aircraft carrier to carry nuclear weapons
Participated in the Suez Crisis response
Underwent SCB-110 modernization
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber CV-42
CVA-42
CVB-42
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:Coral_Sea
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:renamed 8 May 1945
gptkbp:scrapped 1978
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Midway
gptkb:USS_Coral_Sea
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Okinawa_campaign
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6