FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT CV 42

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Midway Class Carrier Ordered as CORAL SEA CV-42 Redesignated Large Aircraft Carrier (CVB) 15 July 1943 Keel Laid 1 December 1943 - Launched 29 April 1945 Renamed 8 May 1945 USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT CVB-42 Commissioned 27 October 1945 USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT CVA-42 Redesignated Attack Aircraft Carrier (CVA) 1 October 1952 Decommissioned 24 April 1954 - Recommissioned 6 April 1956 USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT CV-42 Reverted to (CV) 1 July 1975 Decommissioned 1 October 1977 Struck from Naval Register 30 September 1977 Sold for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVB/CVA/CV-42 Covers Page 1    (1945-82)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning 27 October 1945 to 24 April 1954

Post Office Established 30 September 1945 - Post Office Disestablished 15 April 1954

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26

1945-10-27

As CVB-42. First Day of Commissioning. 1945 Navy Day

 

Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26f

1953-04-13

As CVA-42

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26

1946-10-27

As CVB-42. R/S Navy Day cachet.

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26a

1946-06-03

As CVB-42

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26b

1949-10-27

As CVB-42. Navy Day, cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

Locy Type 2tnu

1948-06-11

As CVB-42. Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

Locy Type 7t(1)

1951-04-09

As CVB-42

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26c

1946-06-03

As CVB-42

 

Locy Type 9efu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26h

1953-04-13

As CVA-42

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2nd Commissioning 6 April 1956 to 1 October 1977

Post Office Reestablished 6 April 1956 - Post Office Disestablished 30 June 1977

 

Locy Type FDR 2(n)

1956-04-06

As CVA-42. First Day Recommissioning & First Day of Postal Service Reestablished. Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1956-05-04

As CVA-42

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1964-03-25

As CVA-42

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26l

1962-05-14

As CVA-42

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26n

1974-06-13

As CVA-42

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26o

1974-12-12

As CVA-42

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26p

1971-10-27

As CVA-42

 

Locy Type 2t(nu) (CV)

1977-06-14

As CV-42. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 7dit(nu) (POW/MIA)

1971-10-18

As CVA-42

 

Locy Type 7qt(*)

1957-05-30

As CVA-42

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) (CVA 42) 1956

1956-05-04

As CVA-42

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) (CVA 42,USS)

1964-03-25

As CVA-42. Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 10(n)

1962-04-16

As CVA-42

 

Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u)

1977-06-30

As CV-42. Last Day of Commission, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type LDC 2t(nu) (CV, small letters)

1977-10-01

As CV-42. Last Day of Commission, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type LDC 9f(nu) (CVA)

1977-10-01

As CV-42. Last Day of Commission, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

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N/A

1977-10-01

As CV-42. Postcard insert in the LDC cover

 

Other Information

USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT earned the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ "Europe" clasp, the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 1 Campaign star, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation Ribbon w/ Palm and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of the 32nd U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (30 January 1882 - 12 April 1945)
        Born into the Roosevelt family in Hyde Park, New York, he graduated from both Groton School and Harvard College, and attended Columbia Law School, which he left after passing the bar exam to practice law in New York City. In 1905, he married his fifth cousin once removed, Eleanor Roosevelt. They had six children, of whom five survived into adulthood. He won election to the New York State Senate in 1910, and then served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. Roosevelt was James M. Cox's running mate on the Democratic Party's 1920 national ticket, but Cox was defeated by Republican Warren G. Harding. In 1921, Roosevelt contracted a paralytic illness, believed at the time to be polio, and his legs became permanently paralyzed. While attempting to recover from his condition, Roosevelt founded a polio rehabilitation center in Warm Springs, Georgia. Although unable to walk unaided, Roosevelt returned to public office after his election as governor of New York in 1928. He served as governor from 1929 to 1933, promoting programs to combat the economic crisis besetting the United States.
        FDR served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As a member of the Democratic Party, he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. As a dominant leader of his party, he built the New Deal Coalition, which defined modern liberalism in the United States throughout the middle third of the 20th century. His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II, which ended shortly after he died in office.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. John H. Towers. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the Honorary sponsor.

 

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