USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42

Type:
Aircraft Carrier
Class:
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.
Notes
(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
Page published Apr. 22, 2007