The contract to build "Reagan" was awarded to Northrop Grumman Newport News and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 8 December 1994, and her keel was laid down on 12 February 1998.
Spomladi 1942 je Franc Rozman postal poveljnik slovenske 1. štajerske partizanske brigade, ustanovljene 5. aprila 1942 na Kremenjaku na Dolenjskem, in je štela več kot 300 borcev.