The Aircraft Carrier Named for a President, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt Commissioned on Navy Day 1945, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. carrier named for a president—a deliberate break with tradition approved on V-E Day itself. Built for jets, nuclear weapons, and the Cold War, she carried Franklin D. Roosevelt’s name across three decades of evolving naval warfare. | The Reliable Narrator

Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On December 31, 1944, the USS Iowa steamed back toward San Francisco after sustaining severe damage to a propeller shaft after a typhoon struck Admiral Halsey and part of the Pacific Fleet during World War II. Initially ordered for construction in July of 1939, the USS Iowa officially launched for service on August 27, 1942. Featuring a main battery consisting of nine 50-caliber Mark 7 guns as well as an array of anti-aircraft guns, the Iowa first sailed as part of the Atlan