Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Aircraft carrier

USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

Midway-class aircraft carrier

USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Service

  1. United States Navy as Franklin D. Roosevelt27 October 1945 — 30 September 1977
Midway-class aircraft carrier Particulars
Name
USS 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
23 April 1954
Recommissioned
6 April 1956
Struck
1 October 1977
Fate
Scrapped, 3 May 1978 (1978)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
45,000 long tons (45,722 t)
Length
295.05 m (968 ft)
Beam
34.44 m (113 ft)
Draught
10.67 m (35 ft)
Speed
33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
Complement
4,104
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was a Midway-class aircraft carrier, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for Franklin D. Roosevelt. Her keel was laid at New York Naval Shipyard on 1 December 1943. Launched on 29 April 1945, she entered service on 27 October 1945.

Three ships of the class were built. The class followed the Essex-class aircraft carrier and was succeeded by the United States-class aircraft carrier.

Displacement was 45,000 long tons. She measured 295.1 m (968 ft) long with a beam of 34.4 m (113 ft). Her designed speed was 33 knots, and she carried a complement of 4,104. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.

She carried 137 aircraft.

She was decommissioned on 23 April 1954. She recommissioned on 6 April 1956. She was struck from the register on 1 October 1977.

She was broken up for scrap on 3 May 1978.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Armament
  • 18 × 1 – 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 guns
  • 21 × 4 – 40 mm Bofors /60 caliber guns
Aircraft
  • 137

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official US Navy Photograph USN 1157465 , received in October 1973 by the U.S. Naval Photographic Center, Naval Station Washington D.C., available at Navsource.org ; U.S. Navy All Hands magazine July 1983 , p. 47. U.S. Navy National Naval Aviation Museum photo NNAM.1996.488.062.023 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons