USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
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 The USS Roosevelt |
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| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt |
| Ordered: | 6 January 1995 |
| Laid down: | 15 December 1997 |
| Launched: | 10 January 1999 |
| Commissioned: | 14 October 2000 |
| Motto: | Leadership, Truth, Loyalty |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,200 LT (9,300 t/10,300 ST) |
| Length: | 509 ft 6 in (155.3 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draught: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed: | >Template:Convert/knots |
| Complement: | 380 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 x 32 cell, 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 x RIM-66M SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 x 5/54 in /(127/54 mm), 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Roosevelt is the second Flight IIA ship and the last US Navy destroyer to carry the 5"/54 Mk. 45 mod 3 gun, the following vessel, Winston S. Churchill, would mount the 5"/62 caliber Mk. 45 mod 4. The next class of destroyer, the Zumwalt class, will carry the new 6.1"/62 caliber Advanced Gun System.
On October 22, 1996, the Secretary of the Navy, John H. Dalton, named the 30th ship of the Arleigh Burke class Roosevelt. This is the first ship so named to honor both Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States and the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.
On Tuesday, 4 April 2006, Roosevelt and the Dutch frigate De Zeven Provinciën attempted to intercept a hijacked South Korean trawler off the coast of Somalia. However, the Roosevelt and De Zeven Provinciën were forced to disengage in the pursuit because the pirates threated the trawler's crew with weapons. The hijacked trawler escaped into Somalian territorial waters.
On 16 February 2007, Roosevelt was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award. [1]
[edit] References and links
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
- Official web page
- DDG-80 Personnel Roster at HullNumber.com
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