![]() USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Philippine Sea, April 5, 2024.
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Name | Theodore Roosevelt |
Namesake | Theodore Roosevelt |
Ordered | 30 September 1980 |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding |
Cost | $4.5 billion (2007 dollars) |
Laid down | 31 October 1981 |
Launched | 27 October 1984 |
Commissioned | 25 October 1986 |
Homeport | San Diego |
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Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier |
Displacement | 104,600 long tons (117,200 short tons)[1] |
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Speed | 30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)[3] |
Range | Unlimited distance; 20–25 years |
Endurance | Limited only by food and supplies |
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Armament |
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Armor | 63.5 mm Kevlar armor over vitals [2] |
Aircraft carried | 90 fixed wing and helicopters |
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is the fourth Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered, aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. She is named in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States and a proponent of naval power. She is the fourth ship named in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, three bearing his full name and a fourth with just his last name. Another three U.S. Navy ships have "Roosevelt" in their names in honor of members of the Roosevelt family. This carrier's radio call sign is "Rough Rider", the nickname of President Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry unit during the Spanish–American War. She was launched in 1984, and saw her first action during the Gulf War in 1991. As of August, 2024, she is deployed with Carrier Air Wing 11 and Carrier Strike Group 9, which includes the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70), and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer's USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), USS Halsey (DDG-97), and the USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118).
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