WELCOME ABOARD THE USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT CVB/CVA/CV-42 WEBSITE.
THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO THE FDR, HER SHIP’S COMPANY, MARINE DETACHMENTS AND ALL THE NAVAL AND MARINE SQUADRON PERSONNEL WHO HAD THE HONOR TO BE A PART OF HER LIFE.
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November – Foxtrot – Delta – Romeo
Tactical Voice Radio Call: “RIPTIDE”
Please sign the GUEST BOOK so your shipmates will know that you have been here. It’s also a great way to get back in contact. Your comments and suggestions are also important to us.
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The Mystery regarding an F8U landing in Croatia in the early ’60s appears to have been solved. Click here to read about it. VF-11 PLEASE NOTE!
Click HERE to contact me at if you have photos or sea stories you would like to share. Shipmates are sending new stuff all the time and we’d like to show your photos too.
The first Rosie website was conceived in the 90s and started by Steve Graham, AT2, VA-176 1972. Steve ran the site until 2002. Bob Dorais, who served aboard the Sister Ship Coral Sea and is the Webmaster for the Coral Sea CV-43 website, then stepped up to the plate with a replacement site (CV42.COM) to fill the void. I started this FDR site in Jan. 2009 as an offshoot of my USNAVYPHOTOS.COM website. Bob already had his hands full running several other websites at that point and after this site became established we agreed to merge the two sites and I agreed to do the work. As a result you now have the content from both sites right here. This site is accessible as CV42.com, CVA42.com and USSFDR.com as well. About a year ago, September 2020, William (Bill) Coleman took over as administrator, Larry Blumenthal remains owner and chief advisor.
If you get some enjoyment or good information from this site please say so in the Guestbook and if you are able to help out a bit PLEASE click the Donate Button to the right. We can certainly use any financial help you offer no matter how small.
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SHIP’S REUNION EVERY YEAR! Click here for Reunion info.
Website Updates
02 April: All Cruise Video clips will now play on Android phones and tablets.
20 March 2016: New Presidentials and Sentinels. Search Lee Iverson in the Website Search Window above the menu column on the right.
27 Sept: Bow shot of 1977 collision damage from Jeff Cash here.
17 Sept: Final Plan of the Day from William Crouch 1977 here.
22 June: Added patches from Carmen Bossone 1971 here.
21 Jan: 1968 Presidential (Oct-Nov) from Denny Maranville here.
19 Jan: 1968 Presidential (Sept) Port Booklet Edition (Yokosuka) here.
14 Jan 2015: Steam Pump Room Accident June 1957 here.