USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB/CVA/CV-42) Ship's Crest Mug

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USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB/CVA/CV-42) Ship's Crest MugCommissioned as CVB 42 in 1945 and later redesignated CVA 42 and then CV 42, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt served the United States Navy for over thirty years, earning a distinguished record across the early Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam era, and the Mediterranean operations that defined carrier aviation in the twentieth century. This mug honors her enduring legacy and all who sailed aboard her.

they were in position

Her 1979–80 Western Pacific deployment came during a volatile period in global affairs — the Iranian hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan — as Kitty Hawk and her air wing maintained a robust American presence in the Pacific and Indian Ocean

Named for the Continental sloop-of-war Ranger commanded by John Paul Jones

January 2002

American sailors and aviators had become battle-hardened veterans of sustained combat operations

USS Halsey (DDG-97) deployed in 2008

demonstrating that American sea power doesn't take holidays between conflicts

Carrier Air Wing Three flew hundreds of missions during the 43-day air war

with Carrier Air Wing Eleven conducting sustained flight operations across the Pacific as the Reagan administration's military buildup reached its peak

As a Sacramento-class AOE

knowing they were part of the final chapter of a truly American story

the capability — and deployed repeatedly to the Mediterranean as one of the most powerful warships in the world

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