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USS Roosevelt (DDG 80)

USS ROOSEVELT is the second OSCAR AUSTIN class guided missile destroyer and the second ship in the Navy named in honor of president Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife.

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS ROOSEVELT. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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USS ROOSEVELT's Commanding Officers:

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About the Ship's Name, about the 32^nd President of the United States and his Wife:

The ship honors 32nd President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962). Roosevelt served as the 12th Assistant Secretary of the Navy for seven years before being elected to the first of four terms as President in 1932. He guided the nation out of the Great Depression and through World War II.

The First Lady was known as a tireless worker for social causes, serving twice as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations. She chaired the United Nations Human Rights Commission, and was entirely responsible for drafting the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. One previous U.S. Navy ship was named in the President s honor - FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (CV 42) (1945-1977) earned one star for her participation in the Vietnam conflict.

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About the Christening Ceremony:

The U.S. Navy christened the Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer ROOSEVELT Saturday, Jan. 23, 1999, during an 11 a.m. (CST) ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss.

Adm. J. Paul Reason, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, was the ceremony s principal speaker. Mrs. Nancy Roosevelt Ireland, granddaughter of the ship s namesake, served as ship s sponsor and in the time-honored Navy tradition, she broke the bottle of champagne across the bow to formally name the ship.

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USS ROOSEVELT History:

USS ROOSEVELT built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, was laid down on December 15, 1997, launched on January 10, 1999, christened on January 23, 1999, and commissioned at Naval Station Mayport on October 14, 2000. The ship commemorates both President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

From late 2000 into 2001, ROOSEVELT completed post-commissioning trials and work-ups off the U.S. East Coast and in the Western Atlantic, integrating with Atlantic Fleet training cycles and Destroyer Squadron staff events. On July 19, 2001, after SPRUANCE (DD 963) returned to Mayport, the squadron commodore shifted his pennant to ROOSEVELT - an early indicator that the new destroyer had matured rapidly into routine task-group duties.

Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the ship's training focus and deployment preparations aligned to the Navy's expanding post-9/11 maritime-security and contingency posture. ROOSEVELT executed her first extended overseas deployment from March 20, 2002, to September 20, 2002, operating in the U.S. Sixth and Fifth Fleet regions in support of post-9/11 commitments, including Operation Enduring Freedom - related sea control, presence, and maritime interception tasks as needed.

By early 2003, with major combat operations in Iraq beginning in March, Atlantic surface force units surged toward the Mediterranean and beyond. While carrier and strike-group timelines dominated headlines, ROOSEVELT continued the destroyer's core roles: escorting, screen duties, maritime interdiction certifications, and readiness events to sustain Navy options as fleet movements accelerated from February 2003 onward.

Through 2004, ROOSEVELT remained a busy Atlantic/Mediterranean deployer. A March 10, 2004, Navy photo shows the destroyer conducting small-boat operations during security drills - typical of the era's emphasis on layered ship self-defense and interdiction proficiency after the USS COLE (DDG 67) attack and amid global counter-terrorism operations.

In early 2006, ROOSEVELT deployed toward the Arabian Gulf with other Atlantic surface combatants. On April 4, 2006, while conducting maritime security operations off the Horn of Africa, ROOSEVELT and the Dutch air-defense frigate HNLMS DE ZEVEN PROVINCIËN attempted to interdict a hijacked South Korean fishing trawler near Somalia. The warships disengaged when pirates threatened the hostages and the vessel fled into Somali waters. The incident highlighted the legal and rules-of-engagement constraints that shaped coalition counter-piracy responses in that period. The ship subsequently received the Battle Efficiency "E" for 2006, reflecting across-the-board readiness.

ROOSEVELT returned to a steady rhythm of Atlantic/Med tasking, certifications, and periodic maintenance before undertaking another major cycle at the close of the decade. On March 25, 2009, the destroyer arrived back in Mayport after seven months across the Fifth and Sixth Fleet theaters - an itinerary that mirrored the Navy's emphasis on Gulf of Aden/Indian Ocean sea-lane security, Red Sea and Suez transits, and Mediterranean presence missions as piracy surged around the Horn of Africa and as coalition partners expanded maritime security patrols near the Seychelles and East Africa.

From early 2011 into the autumn, ROOSEVELT executed one of the ship's most demanding deployments of the pre-FDNF-Europe era. Departing for Seventh-month tasking split between Sixth Fleet (Mediterranean) and Fifth Fleet (Red Sea/Arabian Sea/Indian Ocean), the destroyer spent 205 of 213 days away from homeport underway - including a single stretch of 113 consecutive days at sea - and covered more than 38,000 nautical miles. Port calls were deliberately sparse due to operational priorities and security posture: Rota, Spain; Mahe, Seychelles; and Port Louis, Mauritius. The itinerary and endurance underscore how sustained presence, maritime security, and choke-point coverage (Suez/Bab el-Mandeb approaches) were prioritized during the height of counter-piracy and regional stability operations that year. ROOSEVELT completed the deployment on October 28, 2011.

After 2011, ROOSEVELT continued alternating deployments with maintenance and modernization. On March 16-17, 2014, Navy special operations forces operating from ROOSEVELT boarded and secured the rogue product tanker MORNING GLORY in international waters south of Cyprus amid Libya's post-revolution energy-sector turmoil. The ship's role as an afloat staging and command-and-control platform for the boarding force illustrated the flexibility expected of a multi-mission destroyer.

From June to October 2017, ROOSEVELT completed a Depot Modernization Period at BAE Systems Jacksonville, receiving combat-system and habitability upgrades that set conditions for later Integrated Air and Missile Defense events. In May 2019, the destroyer participated in NATO's FORMIDABLE SHIELD at the Hebrides Range, one of the early AEGIS Baseline 9 ships to demonstrate integrated air/missile-defense capability in a live-fire, multinational setting.

On March 21, 2020, ROOSEVELT departed Mayport to shift homeport to Naval Station Rota, Spain, joining Forward-Deployed Naval Forces Europe. The ship arrived in April-May 2020, and soon afterward operated in the Norwegian and Barents Seas and across the wider Sixth Fleet theater, beginning a new cadence of patrols that has since included Black Sea interoperability periods, High North operations, Baltic and North Sea engagements, and recurrent Mediterranean tasking.

Throughout 2021-2024, ROOSEVELT's Rota-based patrols featured port visits and exercises from the Arctic Circle (e.g., Tromso on March 25, 2022) to the Baltic capitals and periodic Eastern Mediterranean assignments during periods of heightened regional tension and air-defense posturing. The ship's combat-system configuration - Baseline 9 with ACB-12/BMD 5.0 and SEARAM aft - supports these missions across air defense, sea control, and escort roles.

As of 2025, ROOSEVELT remains forward-deployed in Rota, executing cyclical patrols for U.S. Sixth Fleet that blend high-end training, maritime security, and allied assurance from the Greenland-Iceland-UK gap and Barents to the Mediterranean and approaches to the Red Sea.

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Homeports of USS ROOSEVELT:

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USS ROOSEVELT Patch Gallery:

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USS ROOSEVELT Image Gallery:

The photo below was taken by Michael Jenning and shows the ROOSEVELT at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., on April 28, 2015.

The photos below were taken by me and show the ROOSEVELT arriving at Naval Base Kiel, Germany, on June 18, 2021, after participating in BALTOPS 50. It's USS ROOSEVELT's first visit to Germany. The ship is presently on its second forward-deployed patrol.

As pictured above, USS ROOSEVELT arrived at Naval Base Kiel, Germany, on June 18, 2021, after her participation in BALTOPS 50. She was supposed to moor alongside her sistership USS THOMAS HUDNER (DDG 116) and initially did so. However, some problems arose with the fenders between both ships and since all other deep water berthing places in the Naval Base were already occupied, the ROOSEVELT had to leave Kiel again and spent the night offshore. Early in the morning on June 19, USS ROOSEVELT proceeded to nearby Naval Base Eckernfoerde. The photos below were taken by me and show the ROOSEVELT berthed at Eckernfoerde on June 20.

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