USS Theodore Roosevelt
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1984 Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Key facts
- 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
- Christened
- 27 October 1984
- Acquired
- 17 October 1986
- Commissioned
- 25 October 1986
- Home port
- San Diego
- Identification
- MMSI number : 366984000 Callsign : NNTR Hull number : CVN-71
- Motto
- Qui Plantavit Curabit (He who has planted will preserve)
- Nickname s
- TR Big Stick
- Status
- in active service
- Class type
- Nimitz -class aircraft carrier
- Displacement
- 104,600 long tons (106,300 t )
- Length
- Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m) Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- supercarrier
- Named after
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Operator
- United States Navy
- Manufacturer
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- Image
- USS Theodore Roosevelt at sea.jpg
- Speed
- 30
- Significant event
- ship commissioning
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- name
- USS Theodore Roosevelt
- pennant number
- CVN-71
- location of creation
- Newport News
- call sign
- NNTR
- country of registry
- United States
- described by source
- Naval Vessel Register
- shipping port
- Naval Station Norfolk
- Commons category
- USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
- vessel class
- Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
- commanded by
- Brett Elliott Crozier
- nickname
- Big Stick
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Encyclopedic overview
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, and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS John S. McCain, USS Halsey, and USS Daniel Inouye.
Background
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