The USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) is a modern American missile destroyer, the keel of which was laid in 1997, launched in January 1999, and commissioned by the US Navy in 2000. The total length of the ship is 155.3 meters and a width of 20 meters. Full displacement is around 9,300 tons and the maximum speed is slightly above 30 knots. The destroyer is armed with: 2 VLS Mk. 41 - one 32-rail and one 64-rail, single 127mm Mark 45 cannon or two 20mm Vulcan Phalanx kits. The ship may operate with the use of on-board helicopters, eg the Sikorsky SH-60.
USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) is one of 65 active service destroyers belonging to the Arleigh Burke class. Units of this type were designed, were, and are being built as multi-role destroyers, with special emphasis being placed on countering airborne targets. In the construction of these ships, the British experience from the Falklands War was used, and as a result, Kevlar armor was added to the most viable parts of ships of this class. At the same time, the Arleigh Burke-class ships have the revolutionary AEGIS network combat system, cooperating with the AN / SPY-1 radar, which provides them with unprecedented possibilities to control the airspace and counter air targets. This is the same system used on the Ticonderoga-class cruisers. One of the units of this class is the USS Roosevelt (DDG-80). The ship was built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. It was constructed in accordance with the Flight IIA standard, which means that compared to the Flight I standard, it has larger VLS launchers, the barrel of the 127 mm cannon has been extended, thanks to which its ballistic properties have improved and it has more modern electronic equipment. USS Roosevelt operated in the Horn of Africa in 2006. In 2011, it operated in the area of responsibility of the 5th and 6th United States Fleets. In 2014, it was active in the Mediterranean Sea. USS Roosevelt remains in active service.
