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Patch from USS Franklin D Roosevelt (CV-42) 


Patch with an aircraft carrier and a nuclear symbol and torch with USS Franklin D Roosevelt

Title: Patch, Insignia, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42)
Accession #: NHHC 1970-35-B
Circa: 1940's
Size: 4" diameter
Medium: Fabric
Location: Headquarters Artifact Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command

One circular embroidered patch with scrolling ribbon embroidered below with // USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT // The border of circle is yellow rope with blue background. In the center of the patch is a gray and black aircraft carrier with the number 42 on both ends of the flight deck superimposed over a lit torch. Both images are inside a white outline atomic symbol.

Commissioned on 27 October 1945, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) was the first US Navy ship to be named in honor of a US president. Originally christened as USS Coral Sea, the Secretary requested that her name be changed to honor the recently deceased President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Published: Fri Jan 18 11:02:06 EST 2019