  {|    |} uss roosevelt (ddg-80) is an arleigh burke-class destroyer in service with the united states navy. the uss roosevelt is the second flight iia ship and the last u.s.&nbsp;navy destroyer to carry the 5"/54 mk. 45 mod&nbsp;2 gun. ==history== on 22 october 1996, the secretary of the navy, john h. dalton, announced that the 30th ship of the arleigh burke-class, would be named roosevelt. this is the first ship so named to honor both franklin d. roosevelt, the 32nd president of the united states and the former first lady, eleanor roosevelt. (the aircraft carrier  served from 1945â1977 before being scrapped.) roosevelt keel was laid down 
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