USS Roosevelt (DDG 80): On 22 October 1996, the Secretary of the Navy, John H. Dalton, announced that the 30th ship of the Arleigh Burke class, would be named Roosevelt. This is the first ship so named to honor both Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States and the former First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.
The keel was laid down on 15 December 1997 at Litton Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on 10 January 1999, and christened on 23 January, sponsored by Mrs. Nancy Roosevelt Ireland, granddaughter of the ship’s namesakes. The ship was commissioned on 14 October 2000 at Naval Station Mayport in Florida, with CDR Matthew E. Bobola in command.
On 4 April 2006, USS Roosevelt and the Dutch frigate HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën attempted to intercept a hijacked South Korean trawler off the coast of Somalia. However, both ships were forced to disengage in the pursuit because the pirates threatened the trawler’s crew with firearms. The hijacked trawler escaped into Somali territorial waters. On 16 February 2007, USS Roosevelt was awarded the 2006 Battle Efficiency “E” award.
On 28 October 2011, USS Roosevelt completed her seven-month deployment to the U.S. Fifth Fleet and U.S. Sixth Fleet Areas of Responsibility. During this overseas deployment, she was underway at sea for 205 days out of total of 213 days away from her homeport of Naval Station Mayport. During the 205 days at sea, she logged one period of 113 consecutive days underway, travelling over 38,000 nautical miles (70,000 km; 44,000 mi). She made only three ports of call during her 2011 deployment, to Rota, Spain; the island of Mahe in Seychelles Islands; and Port Louis, the capital of the island of Mauritius.
On 16 March 2014, Navy SEALs from USS Roosevelt took possession of the rogue oil tanker Morning Glory south of Cyprus with the intent to deliver the vessel to the Libyan authorities. On 21 March 2020, USS Roosevelt left its homeport of Naval Station Mayport to homeport shift to Naval Station Rota, Spain. She arrived on 16 May 2020 to replace USS Carney (DDG-64).
