CVB 42 / CVA 42 / CV 42 - USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

Type, class: Aircraft Carrier, Midway class
Builder: New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York, USA
 
STATUS:
Awarded:
Laid down: December 1, 1943
Launched: April 29, 1945
Commissioned: October 27, 1945
redesignated CVA 42 on October 1, 1952
decommissioned: April 1954
SCB-110 modification: March 1954 - June 1956
recommissioned: April 6, 1956
overhaul and modernization: December 1968 - June 1969
redesignated CV 42 on June 30, 1975
Decommissioned: September 30, 1977
Struck: October 1, 1977
Fate: towed to Kearny, New Jersey; scrapped in 1978
 
Namesake: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the USA

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with Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) embarked - 1976-77 with Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) embarked - 1976-77 with Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) embarked - 1976-77 with Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) embarked - October 1976 redesignated CV 42 on June 30, 1975 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - circa 1975 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - circa 1973 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - circa 1973 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - circa 1973 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - circa 1973 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - circa 1973 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - circa 1972 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - circa 1970-71 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - circa 1970-71 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - circa 1970-71 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - circa 1970-71 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - circa 1970-71 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - 1970's with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - 1970's with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - 1969 with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) embarked - July 1969 after refit - July 1969 after refit - July 1969 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA 42) receiving a new deck-edge elevator at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia. Roosevelt was initially slated to undergo an extensive reconstruction (SCB 101.68) similar to that received by USS Midway (CVA 41) from 1966 to 1970. This plan was derailed by massive cost overruns in Midway's reconstruction, which eventually totalled $202 million. Roosevelt was therefore limited to an austere $46 million refit, enabling her to operate the Grumman A-6 Intruder and LTV A-7 Corsair II. In July 1968, Roosevelt entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard for her 11-month modernization program. The forward centerline elevator was relocated to the starboard deck edge forward of the island, the port waist catapult was removed, the crew spaces were refurbished, and two of the four remaining 127 mm anti-aircraft turrets were removed. Roosevelt also received a deck edge spray system using the new seawater compatible fire-fighting chemical, Light Water. She put to sea again on 26 May 1969. overhaul & modernization: December 1968 - June 1969 with Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) embarked - 1967 with Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) embarked - 1967 with Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) embarked - 1966-67 with Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) embarked - October 1966 with Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) embarked - Gulf of Tonkin - September 1966 with aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) embarked - August 1966 with Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) embarked - January 1966 with Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) embarked - September 1965 with Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) embarked - May 1965 with Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1) embarked - March 1963 with Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1) embarked - March 1963 with Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1) embarked - March 1963 with Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1) embarked - January 1963 with aircraft of Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1) embarked - 1962-63 with Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1) embarked - 1961 Vought F8U-1P Crusader from Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron VFP-62 Det.37 "Fighting Photos" is hoisted aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA 42) at Mayport, Florida, in preparation of FDR´s 1961 deployment to the Mediterranean Sea - February 1961 with Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1) embarked - 1959 with Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1) embarked - 1959 September 1958 with Carrier Air Group 17 (CVG-17) embarked - circa 1957 with Carrier Air Group 17 (CVG-17) embarked - circa 1957 with Carrier Air Group 17 (CVG-17) embarked - circa 1957 Mark 16 (5"/54-caliber) guns aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1957 circa 1957  USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, with CVG-17 embarked, during her voyage from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington to her new homeport Mayport, Florida, following her SCB-110 modernisation. The FDR circumnavigated South America via Cape Hoorn from 4 June to 8 August 1956 after her SCB-110 conversion - June 1956 after her SCB-110 conversion - June 1956 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington - June 1956 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington - June 1956 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington - June 1956 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington - June 1956 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington - June 1956 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington - June 1956 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington - June 1956 May 1956 May 1956 May 1956 May 1956 May 1956 May 1956 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA 42) during her SCB-110 modernisation at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard which lasted from 5 March 1954 to June 1956 SCB-110 modification: March 1954 - June 1956 arriving at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for her upcoming conversion - March 1954 March 1954 March 1954 March 1954 March 1954 March 1954 March 1954 March 1954 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA 42) off Cape Horn on 4 February 1954. FDR, with assigned Carrier Air Group 8 (CVG-8), circumnavigated South America between 7 January and 5 March 1954 to enter the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington (USA), for her SCB-110 modernization McDonnell F2H-2P Banshee of Composite Squadron 62 (VC-62) "Fighting Photos" in flight over USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA 42) on 27 January 1953. VC-62 Det.7 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 17 (CVG-17) aboard the Franklin D. Roosevelt for a deployment to the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea from 26 August to 19 December 1952 redesignated CVA 42 on October 1, 1952 Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight of VC-4 on the flight deck - 1952 Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight of VC-4 on the flight deck - 1952 with Carrier Air Group 17 (CVG-17) embarked - early 1950's with Carrier Air Group 17 (CVG-17) embarked - early 1950's Lockheed P2V-3C Neptune launches with "Jet-assisted take-off (JATO)" from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42) on 2 July 1951 with CVG-6 embarked - off Nice, France - 1951 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt anchored at an unknown location in the Mediterranean Sea. On the flight deck are various aircraft of Carrier Air Group 4 (CVG-4) which was deployed aboard the FDR from 13 September 1948 to 23 January 1949 with Carrier Air Group 4 (CVG-4) embarked - November 1948 with Carrier Air Group 4 (CVG-4) embarked - late 1948 with Carrier Air Group 4 (CVG-4) embarked - off Piraeus, Greece - October 1948 circa 1946-48 circa 1947 with CVBG-75 embarked - at anchor at Piraeus, Greece - September 1946 with CVBG-75 embarked - circa May 1946 early 1946 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - May 1946 Gulf of Paria, off Trinidad - April 1946 FH-1 Phantom taking off from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1946 Lockheed P-80A fighter aircraft tests off Virginia - 1946 Vought F4U-4 Corsair fighters from Fighting Squadron VF-75 Gay Blades and Curtiss SB2C-4E Helldivers of Torpedo Squadron VT-75 Fish Hawks fly over USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42). Both squadrons were assigned to Carrier Air Group 75 (CVBG-75) aboard the FDR for a cruise in the Western Atlantic from 19 April to 25 May 1946 November 1945 New York City - late 1945 commissioning at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn on Navy Day - October 27, 1945 commissioning at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn on Navy Day - October 27, 1945 excerpt