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uss FRANKLIN D.ROOSEVELT mCUFT CA-FWER NAMED F8R THE 3(11 PRESIDENT BF ' THE UNITED S.TATES §F AMERICA BUILT AT NAVY YARD. N. ;Y. AU.THtR.IZEi JULY 9, 1942 KEEL LAI.i -8EC. I, 1943 LAUN.SHBi. APRIL 29, 1945 FIRST CMMUHGS19NEO 6CT. 27. 194 5. HER BIG DATES April 29, 1945- October 27, 1945- November 2, 1946- February 11, 1947- April 23, 1954- April 6, 1956- Year 1960- September 1960- Year 1964- January 1967- June 29, 1969- October 29, 1975- Launched at New York Naval Shipyard by Mrs. John H. Towers. Commissioned by President Harry S. Truman. Made aviation history by landing and launching first jet aircraft on a ship. Made history by operating 1st. helicopter at sea. Decommissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for overhaul and conversion. Recommissioned with new angled deck, steam cata- pults and hurricane bow installed. Won Admiral Flatley Award for Aviation Safety. Became the first carrier to use Fresnel Lens Landing System. Won second Admiral Flatley Award for Aviation Safety. Completed over 5 months combat operations against North Vietnam. ROOSEVELT completed $46 million overhaul most extensive overhaul in Norfolk Naval Shipyard ' s history. ROOSEVELT celebrates her 30th Anniversary.
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INTERESTING FACTS Length 999 ft. 6 in. Extreme Width 183 feet Number of Catapults 2 in bow Operating Displacement 67, 000 tons Catapult Capacity 2 planes per min. Officers and Men (Air Wing Embarked) 4,000 Number of Planes FDR Can Carry over 70 Speed over 30 knots Main Propulsion Engines 4 Diameter of 4 Propellers 18 ft. Number of 5 in. Guns 4 Number of Telephones 1 , 200 Electric Wiring and Cabling over 500 miles Capacity of Sick Bay 44 beds Patients Treated Yearly 14,000 Televisions 150 receivers Supply Items Stocked 81,000 Storerooms Ill Electronic Tubes Stocked 5,000 Freshwater Produced Daily 280, 000 gal. Fuel Burned Monthly 4 mil. gal. Bow Anchors 2 Weight of Each Anchor 20 tons Weight of Each Anchor Chain Link 146 pounds Paint Used Daily. 50 gal. Radio Transmitters 50 Radio Receivers 60 Laundry, Washed per Week 14 tons
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