USS Roosevelt (CVN 71) - Naval Cruise Book

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Facts About CVN-71 Type of Vessel Builder Keel Laid Christening Commissioning Propulsion Speed Length of Flight Deck Widest Point Height Area of Flight Deck Number of Aircraft Weight Total Crew lair wing embarkedl Weight of Anchors Weight of Anchor Chain Height of Propellers Weight of Propellers Number of Telephones Structural Steel Weld Metal Length of Electrical Cable Nuclear Aircraft Carrier V Newport News Shipbuilding October 31, 1981 October 27, 1984 October 25, 1986 Two Nuclear Reactors Over 30 Knots 1092 Feet 257 Feet 244 Feet 4 1 f 2 Acres Approximately 90 Aircraft 97,000 Tons Over 6200 30 Tons Each C2 anchorsl 360 Pounds Per Link 21 Feet Each Q4 propellersl 66,200 Pounds Each Over 2,000 60,000 Tons Over One Million Pounds About 900 Miles

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Still Makin Histor Naval Aviation Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, in 1898, presented a plan to study the military uses of a flying machine designed by Samuel P. Langley. Langley's machine failed and the request was put aside. On November 14, 1910, seven years after the first flight by the Wright brothers, a civilian airplane builder and a civilian pilot proved to the Navy that aviation could go to sea. Eugene Ely flew a Curtiss biplane from a platform erected on the cruiser Birmingham, an- chored in Hampton Roads fTop Rightj. In World War I Naval Aviation successfully protected convoys from German U-boats. During the last 10 months of the war Ameri- can convoys protected by Naval aircraft did not lose a single ship to German U-boats. The greatest single stride in the history of Naval Aviation was made on March 20, 1922. USS LANGLEY CCV-ll was converted from a collier to become the world's first aircraft carrier. On board LANGLEY Navy pilots learned how to conduct flight operations at sea. The first generation of tailhooks got their training on her deck. By the beginning of the 1930's the Navy had made great strides in the field of aviation. USS RANGER CCV-41 fCenter Rightl, the first ship built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier, was commissioned in 1934. As the threat of war increased in the late 1930's Navy planes were ordered to establish neutrality patrols to protect the American coast. When war did strike it was from the air. The attack on Pearl Harbor demonstrated the power of sea-based aircraft. Naval Aviation came of age during World War Il with advances in night flight and airborne radar. In the years after World War Il the Navy began the jet age . The advent of jet aircraft and super-carriers spurred Naval Aviation. The USS FORRESTAL QCV-59l, commissioned in 1955, became the first aircraft carrier designed for use with jet aircraft. Six year later the the world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS ENTERPRISE CCVN-65l, was commissioned. World tensions and global problems through the 60's and 70's again proved the need for Naval Aviation. The versatility, mobility and power of the Navy's air arm has allowed rapid response during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War, and has been important in combatting world-wide terrorism. USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT CCVN-71l has new and more sophisticated electronics and aircraft. The ship and the crew are proud of the tradition of Naval Aviation excellence and stand ready to respond to any call. i i i