Summary: The USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42), affectionately known by a variety of nicknames including “Swanky Franky,” “Foo-De-Roo,” and “Rosie,” initially christened the USS Coral Sea, was renamed ...
Years ago, the Navy shocked observers by proposing to retire the nuclear supercarrier USS Harry S. Truman from service some twenty years before expected. Given the gravity of this proposal (it never ...
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Meet the Midway-Class: The U.S. Navy ‘Battle Aircraft Carrier’ with an Armored Flight Deck
-Though they missed that conflict, these massive carriers—the USS Midway, USS Coral Sea, and USS Franklin D. Roosevelt—served for nearly 50 years, their robust decks enabling the transition from ...
The 83rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor will be commemorated Saturday aboard the Battleship USS Iowa, with H. Delano Roosevelt, grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, sharing insights ...
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