USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1971
History
United States
Name	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Namesake	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Builder	New York Naval Shipyard
Laid down	1 December 1943
Launched	29 April 1945
Commissioned	27 October 1945
Decommissioned	30 September 1977
Stricken	1 October 1977
Nickname(s)	Swanky Franky Foo-De-Roo Rosie Rusty Rosie
Fate	Scrapped, 3 May 1978
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General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Midway-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	45,000 tons
Length	968 ft (295 m)
Beam	113 ft (34 m)
Draft	35 ft (11 m)
Speed	33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement	4,104 officers and men
Armament	18 × 1 – 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 guns 21 × 4 – 40 mm Bofors /60 caliber guns
Aircraft carried	137

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.