{"product_id":"uss-theodore-roosevelt-ship-challenge-coin","title":"USS Theodore Roosevelt Ship Challenge Coin","description":"\u003cp\u003eUSS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is the fourth \u003ci\u003eNimitz\u003c\/i\u003e-class, nuclear-powered, aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. She is named in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States and a proponent of naval power. She is the fourth ship named in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, three bearing his full name and a fourth with just his last name. Another three U.S. Navy ships have “Roosevelt” in their names in honor of members of the Roosevelt family. This carrier’s radio call sign is “Rough Rider”, the nickname of President Roosevelt’s volunteer cavalry unit during the Spanish–American War. She was launched in 1984, and saw her first action during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c\/i\u003e was the first aircraft carrier to be assembled using modular construction, wherein large modules are independently constructed in “lay-down” areas, prior to being hoisted into place and welded together. Modular construction, made possible through the use of a huge gantry crane capable of lifting 900 tons, cut 16 months off \u003ci\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"nowrap\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003es construction time, and the technique has been used on every aircraft carrier since. \u003ci\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c\/i\u003e and those \u003ci\u003eNimitz\u003c\/i\u003e-class vessels completed after her have slight structural differences from the earlier carriers (USS \u003ci\u003eNimitz\u003c\/i\u003e, USS \u003ci\u003eDwight D. Eisenhower\u003c\/i\u003e, and USS \u003ci\u003eCarl Vinson\u003c\/i\u003e) and improved protection for ordnance storage in her magazines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 5 March 2020, \u003ci\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c\/i\u003e, along with the cruiser USS \u003ci\u003eBunker Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, arrived at Da Nang, Vietnam, for a five-day port visit commemorating the 25th anniversary of United States–Vietnam relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMinted in bronze, this challenge coin honors the crew and long story of the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71. The obverse features the ship and a portrait of its namesake President Teddy Roosevelt. The reverse displays the ship, profile of Roosevelt, and the ship’s  moto – \u003ci\u003eQui Plantavit Curabi “\u003c\/i\u003eHe who has planted will preserve”, in bright enamels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach coin measures 1 3\/4 inch (44mm) round in diameter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ranger.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47542881648852,"sku":"NWTM62176","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2959\/5924\/files\/8A9E223A-4A6D-4D81-9E17-2BA580DBA602.jpg?v=1770846286","url":"https:\/\/shipsstore.navymemorial.org\/products\/uss-theodore-roosevelt-ship-challenge-coin","provider":"The United States Navy Memorial Ship's Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}