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U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt
CVN-71
Subject: U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
Year/Era: 2011
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Submitted by: Liza Eckardt
WRG Ref #: 0100005
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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) (also known by crewmembers as "the Big Stick" or within the navy simply as TR) is the fourth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Her radio call sign is Rough Rider, the name of President Theodore Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry unit during the Spanish-American War. She was launched in 1984, saw her first action during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, and is currently homeported at Newport News Shipyard, Virginia.
[Source: Wikipedia]
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