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USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (CVA-42) ROOSEVELT ' S first liberty boat leaves the aft port accommidation ladder, after 46 days at sea. First Mediterranean liberty was in Brindisi, Italy. A MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE 1975
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STILL A GRAND OLD LADY Commissioning ceremonies of USS FRANKLIN October 27, 1945. It all began with a letter in 1 945: My dear Mr. President, I would like to propose for your consideration that the new large aircraft carrier, CVB 42, be christened the FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. This ship is scheduled for christening on April 29. It had been proposed to make the name CORAL SEA, in line with the general policy of having carriers named after battles, but I am sure the country will approve of the variation. Respectfully yours, James Forrestal Secretary of the Navy Three days later the letter was returned, and on the bottom was scrawled the terse reply that was to create a vessel that would be still making history today: Meets my hearty approval, Harry Truman Although it was this letter that created the ship, ROOSEVELT actually began her life a year and a half earlier at the New York Naval Shipyard. A new carrier class, the MIDWAY, had been esta blished; and CVB 42, originally to be named CORAL SEA, was the second of the three vessels. She was to be a new concept in warships- -a craft that would not only be designed to carry nearly one hundred aircraft but would also be fitted with 18 five- D. ROOSEVELT, on Navy Day, inch, fifty-four calibre guns, 20 forty-millimeter an- tiaircraft mounts and numerous 20-millimeter guns, in addition to her aircraft. On April 29, 1945, ROOSEVELT was launched and, after additional fitting out, was ready for commissioning on Navy Day, Oct. 27, 1945 President Truman came to New York to personally deliver the main address for the $90 million carrier. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt also attended, making her first public appearance since the death of her husband. After sea trials in the Atlantic, ROOSEVELT was ready for the mission that has occupied most of her years in service--good will. With the exception of one combat tour in the Western Pacific during the Vietnam War, ROOSEVELT had deployed to the Mediterranean so often that she has earned the nickname of the Mediterranean Carrier. Since August, 1946, when the ship began her first deployment, ROOSEVELT has made 19 cruises-an accomplishment no other carrier can claim. By 1954, it became appearent that if ROOSEVELT was to do more than steam in the cause of good will, she would have to be extensively remodeled. Advances in aviation, including the widespread use of jet aircraft, were making the ship less effective as a striking force. In January, ROOSEVELT made the long journey around Cape Horn to the west coast, where she was decommissioned and modernized at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington. Enroute.she showed the flag at South American ports. When the carrier finally arrived at Puget Sound, the remodeling went on for nearly two years and cost forty
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