USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)

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| Ship image = File:US Navy 080906-N-1082Z-067 The guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) transits the Atlantic Ocean.jpg

| Ship caption = USS Roosevelt on 6 September 2008

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| Ship country = United States

| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}

| Ship name = Roosevelt

| Ship namesake = *Franklin D. Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

| Ship awarded = 6 January 1995

| Ship builder = Ingalls Shipbuilding

| Ship laid down = 15 December 1997

| Ship launched = 10 January 1999

| Ship christened = 23 January 1999

| Ship acquired = 12 June 2000

| Ship commissioned = 14 October 2000

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| Ship homeport = Rota

| Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|338822000}}

Callsign: NROS
{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Romeo}}{{ICS|Oscar}}{{ICS|Sierra}}
Hull number: DDG-80

| Ship motto = Leadership, Truth, Loyalty

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| Ship status = {{Ship in active service}}

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| Ship class = {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}}

| Ship displacement = {{convert|9200|LT|abbr=on}}

| Ship length = {{convert|509|ft|6|in|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|66|ft|abbr=on}}

| Ship draft = {{convert|31|ft|abbr=on}}

| Ship propulsion = 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, {{convert|100000|shp|MW|abbr=on|lk=in}}

| Ship speed = {{convert|30|kn|lk=in|abbr=on}}

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| Ship complement = 380 officers and enlisted

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Guns:
5-inch (127 mm)/54 Mk 45 Mod 1/2 (lightweight gun)
1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Machine Gun System
4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns
Missiles:
1 × SeaRAM CIWS
1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS):
RIM-66M Surface-to-Air Missile
RIM-156 Surface-to-Air Missile
RIM-174A Standard ERAM
RIM-161 Anti-Ballistic Missile
RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed)
BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise Missile
RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC
Torpedoes:
2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes:
Mark 46 Lightweight Torpedo
Mark 50 Lightweight Torpedo
Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo

| Ship aircraft = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III aircraft}}

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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.

Namesake

On 22 October 1996, the Secretary of the Navy, John H. Dalton, announced that the 30th ship of the Arleigh Burke class, would be named Roosevelt. This is the first ship so named to honor both Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States and the former First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.

Construction

The keel was laid down on 15 December 1997 at Litton Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

She was launched on 10 January 1999, and christened on 23 January, sponsored by Mrs. Nancy Roosevelt Ireland, granddaughter of the ship's namesakes.

The ship was commissioned on 14 October 2000 at Naval Station Mayport in Florida, with Commander Matthew E. Bobola in command.

Service history

On 4 April 2006, Roosevelt and the Dutch frigate {{HNLMS|De Zeven Provinciën|F802|6}} attempted to intercept a hijacked South Korean trawler off the coast of Somalia, but the ships were forced to disengage in the pursuit because the pirates threatened the trawler's crew with firearms. The hijacked trawler escaped into Somali territorial waters.{{cite press release |date=4 April 2006 |title=Coalition Naval assets challenge hijackers on South Korean motor vessel |number=NNS060404-16|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=22991 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905012744/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=22991 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 September 2012 |publisher=United States Navy|access-date=16 October 2015}}

On 16 February 2007, Roosevelt was awarded the 2006 Battle Efficiency "E" award.{{cite press release |url= http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=27895 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070617210154/https://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=27895 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 17 June 2007 |title= Surface Force Ships, Crews Earn Battle "E" |number=NNS070219-04 |date= 19 February 2007 |first= Paula M. |last= Ludwick |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=16 October 2015}}

On 28 October 2011, Roosevelt completed her seven-month deployment to the U.S. Fifth Fleet and Sixth Fleet Areas of Responsibility. During this overseas deployment, she was underway at sea for 205 days out of total of 213 days away from her homeport of Naval Station Mayport. During the 205 days at sea, she logged one period of 113 consecutive days underway, travelling over {{convert|38000|nmi|km mi}}. She made only three ports of call during her 2011 deployment, to Rota, Spain; the island of Mahe in the Seychelles; and Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius.{{cite web | first= Abigail |last=Dixon | title= USS Roosevelt Shatters Days at Sea Record | url= http://jacksonville.com/military/mayport-mirror/2011-10-26/story/uss-roosevelt-shatters-days-sea-record |work=Florida Times-Union | date= 26 October 2011 | access-date=28 October 2011}}

On 16 March 2014, Navy SEALs from Roosevelt took possession of the rogue oil tanker {{ship||Morning Glory|oil tanker|2}} south of Cyprus with the intent to deliver the vessel to Libyan authorities.[https://archive.today/20140317083341/http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=16582 Statement by US Department of Defense on 17 March 2014]

On 19 May 2019, Roosevelt concluded her participation in NATO exercise Formidable Shield 2019 in which she was one of the first Aegis Combat System Baseline 9 ships to demonstrate the integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) capability.{{Cite web|title=U.S., Allies Conclude Formidable Shield 2019|url=https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/1852029/us-allies-conclude-formidable-shield-2019/|date=2019-05-19|website=C6F News|language=en-US|access-date=2022-01-16}}

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On 21 March 2020, Roosevelt left her home port of Naval Station Mayport to shift her home port to Naval Station Rota in Spain. She arrived on 16 May 2020 to replace {{USS|Carney|DDG-64|6}}.{{Cite web|title=USS Roosevelt Leaves for Homeport Shift to Spain|url=https://news.usni.org/2020/03/23/uss-roosevelt-leaves-for-homeport-shift-to-spain|date=2020-05-07|website=DOD News|language=en-US|access-date=2022-01-16}} Her aft Phalanx CIWS was replaced with a SeaRAM CIWS.{{Cite web |title=USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) |url=https://www.navysite.de/dd/ddg80.htm |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=www.navysite.de}}

In May 2020, Roosevelt operated in the Barents Sea with {{USS|Arleigh Burke|DDG-51}}, {{USS|Porter|DDG-78}}, {{USS|Ross|DDG-71}}, USNS Supply, and HMS Kent (F78) in the first U.S. exercise in the Arctic waters since the mid-1990s.{{Cite web|title=U.S.-British Arctic Exercise Shows U.S. Concern for Region |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2180254/us-british-arctic-exercise-shows-us-concern-for-region/|date=2020-03-24|website=USNI News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-25}}

On 21 October 2020, Roosevelt completed her first Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F) area of operations conducting naval operations in the Arctic, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa.{{Cite web|title=USS Roosevelt Completes First FDNF-E Patrol|url=https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/2388656/uss-roosevelt-completes-first-fdnf-e-patrol/|date=2020-10-21|website=C6F News|language=en-US|access-date=2021-05-07}}

On 29 March 2021, Roosevelt began her second FDNF-E patrol in the C6F area of operations.{{Cite web|title=USS Roosevelt (DDG80) Begins Second FDNF-E Patrol|url=https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/2553292/uss-roosevelt-ddg80-begins-second-fdnf-e-patrol/|date=2021-03-29|website=C6F News|language=en-US|access-date=2021-05-07}} Roosevelt, along with the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer {{USS|Arleigh Burke|DDG-51}}, the {{sclass|Virginia|submarine|2}} {{USS|Vermont|SSN-792}}, and a U.S. Navy P-8A from Patrol Squadron (VP) 46, conducted anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise Black Toro in the north Atlantic Ocean, 2–7 April 2021.{{Cite web|title=Sixth Fleet Conducts Multi-Domain Anti-Submarine Warfare in the Atlantic Ocean|url=https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/News-Display/Article/2567152/sixth-fleet-conducts-multi-domain-anti-submarine-warfare-in-the-atlantic-ocean/|date=2021-04-09|website=C6F News|language=en-US|access-date=2021-05-07}}

In summer 2021, while in port in Rota, Roosevelt was used to film the third season finale of the Amazon Prime Video series Jack Ryan, with many of the crew used as on-screen extras.{{Cite web |last=Paraiso |first=Nicholas |date=2023 |title=Jack Ryan Season 3 Premier's Today |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/naparaiso_jack-ryan-season-3-premieres-today-last-activity-7011412196035338241-AxiP}}

On 11 December 2021, Roosevelt began her third FDNF-E patrol in the C6F area of operations.{{Cite web|title=USS Roosevelt Starts Third FDNF-E Patrol|url=https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/News-Display/Article/2874046/uss-roosevelt-starts-third-fdnf-e-patrol/|date=2021-12-11|website=C6F News|language=en-US|access-date=2022-01-16}}

On 8 October 2023, the day after the Hamas attack on Israel, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, directed the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean in response. Along with the carrier, the group also includes the cruiser {{USS|Normandy|CG-60|2}}, and the destroyers {{USS|Ramage|DDG-61|2}}, {{USS|Carney|DDG-64|2}}, Roosevelt and {{USS|Thomas Hudner|DDG-116|2}}.{{Cite web |title=Statement From Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on U.S. Force Posture Changes in the Middle E |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3551716/statement-from-secretary-lloyd-j-austin-iii-on-us-force-posture-changes-in-the/|access-date=2023-10-08 |website=U.S. Department of Defense |language=en-US}}

Coat of arms

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= Shield =

The shield has background of dark blue with a gold orle. In the center of the shield is a sword wrapped in the fret with a demi-sun above.

The traditional Navy colors were chosen for the shield because dark blue and gold represents the sea and excellence respectively. White denotes integrity and loyalty. President Roosevelt's leadership brought stability and strength to Americas during the Depression and threat of fascist aggression are exemplified by the fret. The sword signifies the call to Americans to be prepared and confident during World War II. It also indicates DDG 80's readiness for deployment of modern weaponry in the country's defense. The demi-sun represents truth and Roosevelt's aspirations for a better world. Roosevelt helped to bring unity to the country and this is represented in the orle of the shield.

= Crest =

The crest consists of a ship wheel encompassed in the sun with a rose in the lozenge center.

President Roosevelt's achievement to bring the United States out of domestic crisis and worldwide conflict are represented by the demi-sun. A ship wheel is centered in the sun denotes Roosevelt's appointment as Assistant Secretary of the Navy as well as his success leading American through trouble some years during his presidency. The lozenge is a reference to Eleanor Roosevelt, his wife, for her political assistance and reputation. Representing Roosevelt's four presidential elections are each side of the lozenge. The rose is the state flower of New York and represents his governing of the state and family name.

= Motto =

The motto is written on a scroll of blue that has a white reverse side with red trim.

The ships motto is "Leadership Truth Loyalty". The motto is a reference to the achievements of the Roosevelt presidency.

= Seal =

The coat of arms in full color as in the blazon, upon a white background enclosed within a dark blue oval border edged on the outside with a gold rope and bearing the inscription "USS Roosevelt" at the top and "DDG 80" in the base all gold.

Awards

Battle "E" – (2006, 2013, 2020)
Navy Arctic Service Ribbon - July 2020 {{cite web | url=https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/News-Display/Article/2290492/uss-roosevelt-earns-arctic-service-ribbon/#:~:text=The%20Arleigh%20Burke-class%20guided-missile%20destroyer%20USS%20Roosevelt%20%28DDG,more%20than%2028%20days%20above%20the%20Arctic%20Circle | title=USS Roosevelt Earns Arctic Service Ribbon }}
LANTFLT Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Bloodhound Award - (2020, 2021) {{cite web | url=https://www.surflant.usff.navy.mil/Press-Room/News-Stories/Article/2539074/roosevelt-earns-bloodhound-award/ | title=Roosevelt Earns Bloodhound Award }}