Summary: The USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42), affectionately known by a variety of nicknames including “Swanky Franky,” “Foo-De-Roo,” and “Rosie,” initially christened the USS Coral ...

In fact, during the 1950s, nuclear weapons were sent to sea on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt – a carrier far smaller than the planned USS United States. Though some look back on the USS United ...

This story was originally published July 23, 1998 in the Chaska Herald. Paul Murphy always keeps fresh oranges in his house. He doesn’t make too much of this. In fact, ...

and USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. -Designed in 1940 and commissioned after World War II, the carriers were notable for their ...

When Mary Welch, of Chaska, learned that wreckage of the World War II battleship USS Indianapolis had been found Aug. 19, it was a bittersweet moment. Torpedoed and sunk July 30 1945, its resting ...

The USS Sequoia was designed in 1925 by Norwegian ... Different presidents made their own adjustments to the vessel. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who used a wheelchair for much of his ...