USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

History of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) was part of the powerful Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier group and the fourth of ten ships built. As a class, they are the largest nuclear-powered capital ships in service worldwidemaking the U.S. Navy the premier ocean-going power.

The carrier group enables the service to project power for the United States and its allies in unstable regions of the world and to "fight the enemy" no matter where they are.

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) ordered 30 September 1980 and built 31 October 1981 by Newport News Shipbuilding. The warship was launched on October 27, 1984 and commissioned on October 25, 1986. It is still active today (2020) and has a homeport outside of NAS North Island in San Diego, CA.

The ship fights under the motto "Qui Plantavit Curabit" ("Growers will protect") and features "TR" (former US President Theodore Roosevelt) and "Big Stick" (from a catchphrase associated with the former president) Nickname. His official callsign is "Rough Rider".

President Roosevelt believed in using the U.S. fleet to project power by "showing the flag," sending the Atlantic Squadron to Morocco and later the "Great White Fleet" around the globe. This display of maritime power continues to this day, on ships such as the Nimitz class and its squadrons, as well as on support ships and attack submarines.

Due to extensive changes between the first three Nimitz-class ships - USS Nimitz (CVN-68), USS Dwight Eisenhower (CVN-69) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and upgrades, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and six subsequent ships in the series (USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), USS George Washington (CVN-73), USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) ), ad USS Harry S. Truman (CVN) -75) ) is informally known in some naval districts as "Theodore Roosevelt-class" aircraft carriers (also known as "Theodore Roosevelt-class"). USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and USS George W. Bush (CVN-77) form the "Ronald Reagan Subclass".

Construction of CVN-71 began in October 1981, when then-Secretary of Defense Weinberg ordered Theodore Roosevelt to carry out the first keel welding. On October 25, 1986, Theodore Roosevelt entered service for $4. 5 billion (in 2007 dollars).

Nimitz-class shock testing did not take place until Theodore Rothford was born. Explosives were placed at various depths and distances and then detonated under the hull of the giant ship to simulate the detonation of mines and torpedoes for which it was designed.

In addition to the standard tests that all newly commissioned ships go through, such as high-speed cruising and turning, the required shock test is known as "rocking" cruising.

The air force available to the Roosevelt was the largest department on board. Its highly trained crew launches and recovers high-performance tactical aircraft from its 4.5-acre flight deck.

To safely accomplish this daunting task, 17 officers and 584 soldiers and women operate within the Air Force, 24 hours a day. The flight deck is the most dangerous area on any naval vessel, as the 200-plus crew members assigned to the flight deck on each shift are preparing, launching, and recovering huge aircraft.

During the deployment, the crew will launch and recover thousands of aircraft, and more than 40,000 aircraft will be moved on the flight deck above and the hangar deck below. Refueling the carrier-based aircraft and ships of the TR battle group requires pumping more than 20 million gallons of fuel.

To date (2020), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), a veteran of the 1991 Gulf War during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, has "earned her spurs" in the US Navy. On October 14, 1996, she collided with the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf off the coast of North Carolina, costing her about $7 million. Following the events of September 11, 2001, the ship deployed its air force to counter Taliban positions in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Since then, general cruising, refits and practice have shaped her sailing career.

In March 2020, the ship began reporting sick seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 600 crew members tested positive for the virus by mid-April.

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