USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
USS Roosevelt on 6 September 2008 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Roosevelt |
| Namesake | |
| Awarded | 6 January 1995 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 15 December 1997 |
| Launched | 10 January 1999 |
| Christened | 23 January 1999 |
| Acquired | 12 June 2000 |
| Commissioned | 14 October 2000 |
| Homeport | Rota |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Leadership, Truth, Loyalty |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,200 long tons (9,300 t) |
| Length | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
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USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer in service with the United States Navy. She is named in honor of both President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, the then-First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. USS Roosevelt was the 13th ship of this class to be built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and construction began on 15 December 1997. She was launched on 10 January 1999 and was christened on 23 January 1999. On 14 October 2000 the commissioning ceremony was held at Naval Station Mayport, Florida.