Name: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt Namesake: Franklin D. Roosevelt Builder: New York Naval Shipyard Laid down: 1 December 1943 Launched: 29 April 1945 Commissioned: 27 October 1945 Decommissioned: 30 September 1977 Stricken: 1 October 1977 Nickname(s): "Swanky Franky" "Foo-De-Roo" "Rosie" "Rusty Rosie" Fate: Scrapped 1978 General characteristics (as built) Class and type: Midway-class aircraft carrier Displacement: 45,000 tons Length: 968 ft (295 m) Beam: 113 ft (34 m) Draft: 35 ft (11 m) Speed: 33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph) Complement: 4,104 officers and men Armament: 18 × 1 – 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 guns 21 × 4 – 40 mm Bofors /60 caliber guns Aircraft carried: 137
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Looks
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Weapons 1911 x2
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1 Winchester rifle (to launch the planes)
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Cabot bio Name: USS Cabot (CVL-28) Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corporation Laid down: 16 March 1942 Launched: 4 April 1943 Sponsored by: Mrs. A. C. Read Commissioned: 24 July 1943 Decommissioned: 11 February 1947 Recommissioned: 27 October 1948 Decommissioned: 21 January 1955 Stricken: 1 August 1972 Fate: Loaned to Spanish Navy 30 August 1967[1] Served as Dédalo 1967–1989 Sold to Spain 1972 Stricken by Spanish Navy 1989 Scrapped 2002 General characteristics Class and type: Independence-class aircraft carrier Displacement: 11,000 tons (standard) Length: 622.5 ft (189.7 m) Beam: 71.5 ft (21.8 m) (waterline) 109 ft 2 in (33.27 m) (overall) Draft: 26 ft (7.9 m) Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h) Complement: 1,569 officers and men Armament: 26 × Bofors 40 mm guns Aircraft carried: 35 aircraft
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Armament
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Uss Franklin
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(remove the 34 with a 13) Looks
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