USS Roosevelt
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Several ships of the United States Navy
have borne some version of the name Roosevelt in honor of members of the Roosevelt family
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Three of the ships have been named USS
Theodore Roosevelt, in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt
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United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
have borne some version of the name Roosevelt in honor of members of the Roosevelt family
Roosevelt family
In heraldry, canting arms are a visual or pictorial play on a surname, and were and still are a popular practice. It would be common to find roses, then, in arms of many Roosevelt families, even unrelated ones...
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- Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16)USS Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16)USS Kermit Roosevelt was a internal combustion engine repair ship that saw service in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only U.S...
, a Luzon-class repair ship that saw service in the Navy during World War II. - Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42)USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42)USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was the second of three Midway class aircraft carriers. To her crew, she was known as the "Swanky Franky," "Foo-De-Roo," or "Rosie," with the last nickname probably the most popular. Roosevelt spent most of her active deployed career operating in the Mediterranean Sea as...
, was a Midway-class aircraft carrier, launched in 1945 and struck in 1977. - Roosevelt (DDG-80)USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)USS Roosevelt is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. The Roosevelt is the second Flight IIA ship and the last US Navy destroyer to carry the 5"/54 Mk. 45 mod 3 gun....
, is a Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, launched in 1999 and currently in service. She was named for both President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor RooseveltEleanor RooseveltAnna Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, Roosevelt continued to be an international...
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Three of the ships have been named USS
United States Ship
United States Ship is a ship prefix used to identify a commissioned ship of the United States Navy and only applies to a ship while she is in commission. Before commissioning, she is referred to as "Pre Commissioning Unit" .After decommissioning, she is referred to by name, with no prefix.From the...
Theodore Roosevelt, in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
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- Theodore Roosevelt was a steamer built in 1906, acquired by the Navy from the Roosevelt Steamship Company sometime in 1918 and fitted out as a troop transport.
- Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600)USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600)USS Theodore Roosevelt , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for President Theodore Roosevelt . Initially unnamed and assigned hull classification symbol SSGN-600 as a guided missile submarine, her keel was laid down on 20 May 1958 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard using...
was a George Washington-class ballistic missile submarine, launched in 1959 and stricken in 1982. - Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)USS Theodore Roosevelt is the fourth Nimitz-class supercarrier. Her radio call sign is Rough Rider, the name of President Theodore Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry unit during the Spanish-American War...
is a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier launched in 1984 and currently in active service