USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42 |
Type: |
Aircraft Carrier |
Class: |
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Builder: |
New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York |
Hull Number: |
CV-42 CVB-42 (July 15, 1943) CVA-42 (October 1, 1952) CV-42 (June 30, 1975) |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
October 27, 1945 |
Keel Laid: |
December 1, 1943 (a) |
Decommissioned: |
October 1, 1977 |
Launched: |
April 29, 1945 (a) |
Stricken: |
October 1, 1977 |
Fate: |
April 11, 1978 Sold for scrap, 1980 Scrapped in Kearney, New Jersey. |
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Notes |
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(a): |
Laid down and launched as Coral Sea, renamed May 8, 1945 in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who had died on April 12, 1945. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Apr. 22, 2007 |