This display of naval might continues today, embodied in such ship types like the Nimitz-class and her air squadrons as well as support ships and attack submarines.īecause of extensive changes and upgrades between the first three ships of the Nimitz-class - USS Nimitz (CVN-68), USS Dwight D. President Roosevelt believed in using the American fleet to project power by "showing the flag", sending the Atlantic Squadron to Morocco and, later, the "Great White Fleet" to circumnavigate the globe. President Theodore Roosevelt) and "Big Stick" (from a slogan related to the former president).
The vessel fights under the motto of "Qui Plantavit Curabit" ("He Who Has Planted Will Preserve") and has the nicknames of "TR" (for former U.S. She remains in active status today (2020) and homeports out of NAS North Island of San Diego, California. Launched on October 27th, 1984, the warship was subsequently commissioned on October 25th, 1986. USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) was ordered on September 30th, 1980 and saw her keel laid down on October 31st, 1981 by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company. The carrier group allows the service to power-project for both the United States and its allies in unstable regions around the globe as well as bring the "fight to the enemy" wherever he resides.
As a class they are the largest nuclear-driven capital ships in service anywhere in the world - making the United States Navy as the premiere ocean-going fighting force. The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is part of the powerful nuclear-powered Nimitz-class carrier group, being the fourth of the ten ships built.
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