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Service Details
Last Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
Last Primary NEC
AO-0000-Aviation Ordnanceman
Last Rating/NEC Group
Aviation Ordnanceman
Primary Unit
1965-1968, USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
Service Years
1960 - 1968
Last Photo
Personal Details
Home State
Michigan
Year of Birth 1940
This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Suzanne Abarca, CTIC
to remember
Gauvin, Daniel, PO2.
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Contact Info
Last Address Kewaskum, WI
Date of Passing Nov 04, 2005
From Month/Year - / 1960
To Month/Year - / 1962
Unit USS Franklin D.Roosevelt (CVA-42) Unit Page
Rank Airman
NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not SpecifiedState/Country Not Specified
Patch
USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (CVB-42)
(later CVA-42 and CV-42)
Named for Franklin D. Roosevelt
CLASS - MIDWAY
Displacement 45,000 Tons, Dimensions, 968' (oa) x 113' x 35' (Max)
Armament 18 x 5"/54AA 84 x 40mm, 68 x 20mm, 137 Aircraft.
Armor, 7.6" Belt, 3 1/2" Flight Deck, 2" Deck, 6 1/2" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 212,000; SHP, Geared turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 410
The Home Site for the CV-42
http://ussfranklindroosevelt.com/
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on 1 October 1977. Final bids on Sale No. 16-8007 for ex-CV 42 were opened at 1400 hrs. on 31 March 1978. Sold to Union Minerals & Alloy Corp. of New York City, NY, 11 April 1978, in the amount of $2,111,013.37. Rosie entered the River Terminal Development Co. facility, Kearny, NJ, for scrapping, 3 May 1978. (Thanks to Larry Blumenthal for the info.)
Type
Combat - Sea
Parent Unit
Midway-class
Strength
Aircraft Carrier
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
Last Updated: Feb 17, 2007