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 Sea, was renamed ...
Years ago, the Navy shocked observers by proposing to retire the nuclear supercarrier USS Harry S. Truman from service some twenty years before expected. Given the gravity of this proposal (it never ...