Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Aircraft Carrier | U.S.A. | Tier X

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Franklin D. Roosevelt — American special premium Tier X aircraft сarrier.

From the deck of USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, the second Midway-class aircraft carrier, a significant milestone was achieved by the U.S. Navy. It marked the first series of takeoffs and landings conducted by a jet aircraft from an aircraft carrier. Upon entering service, the ship initially focused on exercises and diplomatic missions during her early years. Later, she served in the Mediterranean Sea and Southeast Asia.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was first released for sale on 1 October 2020.

Modules

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Franklin D. Roosevelt	67,600	13	193		14	16/21/14				0	0

	Speed (knot)	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_MED_DAMAGE (HP/min)	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_AMMO_AMOUNT	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
TB2D Skypirate	124			3,040		0	0

	Maximum Torpedo Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
TB2D Skypirate	4,233	119	3,505		0	0

	Maximum Bomb Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
TB2D Skypirate		119	3,525		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 212,000 hp	33		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning: The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is a tier X special American aircraft carrier available for 33,000 steel. Although she is a Midway-class carrier, she features different armaments in the form of large squadrons of HVAR rockets, torpedo bombers, and high altitude bombers. Her aircraft boast high health pools and potential damage output at the cost of bad plane regeneration time, slow speed, and a long cooldown between attacks. Franklin D. Roosevelt is primarily a damage farming CV, focusing on large targets with high alpha and damage over time effects.

TB2D Skypirate Attack Planes:

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s attack aircraft are generally a last resort against large targets. Each squad consists of 14 aircraft that attack in flights of 2, each launching 26 rockets for a total of 52 per drop. While the large amount of rockets may seem good against destroyers, they are less effective in practice. They have a long machine gun time (7 seconds) and the reticle is farther from the aircraft, making it more difficult to lead destroyers and giving them more time to dodge. Individually, the rockets have lower alpha damage and fire chance in comparison to Midway’s HVAR rockets, but they still retain Midway’s 33 mm penetration. Additionally, the attack aircraft are slow, with 124 knot cruising and 164 knot maximum speed. These rockets should primarily be used if torpedo bomber and dive bomber reserves have been exhausted.

TB2D Skypirate Torpedo Bombers:

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s torpedo bombers are the main damage-dealing squadron against large targets. Each squad consists of 14 aircraft that attack in flights of 2, each launching 4 torpedoes for a total of 8 per drop. These aircraft have a long aiming time but feature the “U-turn drop” that is also available with British torpedo bombers — they can turn while fully aimed without any dispersion penalty. However, the torpedoes are slow and require good lead by players in order to maximize damage output. The torpedo bombers are also slow, with 119 knot cruising and 154 knot maximum speed. Individually, the torpedoes deal less damage than those of Midway but have higher alpha strike potential due to the larger strike. Unlike other aircraft carriers, these bombers do not have an in-flight repair consumable to help mitigate damage taken during strikes.

TB2D Skypirate Dive Bombers:

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s dive bombers are a secondary source of damage with high alpha strike potential and fire chance. Each squad consists of 14 aircraft that attack in flights of 2, each dropping 4 bombs for a total of 8 per drop. These aircraft drop from a higher altitude like British carpet bombers, which requires more leading compared to conventional dive bombers. The dive bombers are slow, with 119 knot cruising and 154 knot maximum speed. Each individual bomb deals slightly less damage, with a lower fire chance and penetration than Midway, but has higher alpha strike potential due to the amount dropped per strike. These bombers are the main squadron to deal with destroyers, but are inconsistent due to the carpet bomber-style drop and long attack cooldown of 25 s. Like the torpedo bombers, the dive bombers can also do a “U-turn drop” without increasing their dispersion. When fully aimed, the bombers can do a 90 degree turn in 3 seconds at minimum speed.

Ship:

Franklin D. Roosevelt is a well-armored carrier that travels at 33 knots and features an 87 mm flight deck. Her hull has a high base concealment of 15.4 km and is covered in standard 19 mm aircraft carrier side plating. Her citadel is well protected, with the thickest citadel armor among all Tier X CVs.

Her anti-aircraft suite is weaker than Midway, as she has fewer AA and dual-purpose secondary mounts. Her close- and long-range AA DPS is weaker and she has 8 flak clouds, 1 less than Midway.

Tips:

At the start of the game, players should use either torpedo or dive bombers, but launch and recall 1 attack's worth of planes. This leaves a final incomplete squad for scouting at the start of the game and this is recommended as to not exhaust plane reserves too early.
While her squadrons have high hp pools, they are very slow and are vulnerable to flak damage. It is important to dodge flak clouds whenever possible by pressing the a and d keys when traveling to strike targets, as AAA guns fire flak at the predicted path of the planes rather than their actual position.
Preserving planes by attacking isolated targets and cycling torpedo and dive bombers is important as the plane regeneration time is very long for both plane types (141 s and 131 s respectively).
When using torpedo bombers, it is possible to make 180-degree turns while fully aimed on targets. In order to do so, aim the torpedoes while in the attack phase and sharply turn to a direction using the mouse or a/d keys. Press w/s keys to control how fast the torpedo bombers will arrive at the target.
When using the dive bombers for 90 degree turns while fully aimed, decrease speed of the planes for better turning radius and line up strikes around 3 seconds in advance.
While 25 second intervals between drops sounds like a long time, use this time period to exit AA auras and target ships that have recently used a Damage Control Party for permanent fires and floods.

Pros:

Armored deck
Thickly armored citadel
High fire chance and penetration on dive bombers
Torpedo bombers with minimal dispersion penalty when turning
Torpedo bombers have high alpha strike
High plane health pool
Large initial plane reserves

Cons:

Long machine gun delay time
25 second attack cooldown time
Slow planes
Bad plane regeneration time
Poor hull concealment

Research

As a premium ship, Franklin D. Roosevelt has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Franklin D. Roosevelt are as follows:

Slot 1: Air Groups Modification 1
Slot 2: Aircraft Engines Modification 1
Slot 3: Aerial Torpedoes Modification 1
Slot 4: Torpedo Bombers Modification 2
Slot 5: Flight Control Modification 1
Slot 6: Flight Control Modification 2

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack			Defense		Support
1	Last Gasp Completely restores engine boost for the last attack squadron. ★★★	Improved Engine Boost +10% Aircraft engine boost time. ★★★	Engine Techie -20% Engine Cooling cooldown time.	Air Supremacy -5% aircraft restoration time. ★★★	Direction Center for Fighters +1 fighter to CAP squadrons.	Search and Destroy +10% to action radius of Patrol Fighter and Interceptor squadrons.
2	Torpedo Bomber -10% torpedo arming distance. ★★★	Swift Fish +5% to torpedo speed.	Improved Engines +2.5% aircraft squadron speed. ★★★	Repair Specialist +1 In-flight Repair consumable +10% its action time.	Secondary Armament Expert +10% flak and continuous damage -10% secondary battery reload time.	Patrol Group Leader +1 fighter to Patrol Fighter or Interceptor squadrons.
3	Sight Stabilization +7.5% aiming speed. ★	Enhanced Armor-Piercing Ammunition +3% damage from AP bombs and rockets.	Pyrotechnician +1% chance of HE rockets causing a fire. +5% chance of HE bombs causing a fire.	Aircraft Armor -10% continuous AA damage while in an aura. ★★★	Survivability Expert +25 aircraft HP per ship tier. ★★★	Interceptor Interceptors replace Patrol Fighters: +10% action radius. Invulnerable to fighters. Cannot attack fighters. Cannot spot ships.
4	Bomber Flight Control +5% speed all bomber types. ★	Proximity Fuze -10% (absolute) to target's torpedo protection. ★★★	Close Quarters Expert Secondary batteries: +20% range -30% dispersion.	Enhanced Aircraft Armor -25% damage from flak. ★★★	Hidden Menace -15% ship detectability range. -20% Damage Control Party cooldown. +50% aircraft return time.	Enhanced Reactions -80% time before activated Patrol Fighters or Interceptors attack. +25% action time. +50% cooldown time.
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Franklin D. Roosevelt equips the following consumables:

Aircraft Carrier:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
Slot 2: CAP Fighter  – 4 charges

All aircraft carrier consumables are automatically activated.

Attack Aircraft:

Slot 1: Engine Cooling  – 2 charges

Torpedo Bombers:

Slot 1: Engine Cooling  – 2 charges
Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  – 3 charges

Bombers:

Slot 1: Engine Cooling  – 2 charges
Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  – 3 charges

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Franklin D. Roosevelt comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

Signals

As a carrier, Franklin D. Roosevelt has no risk of detonating and a very fast fire extinguishing time.

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Juliet Charlie -100% to the risk of magazine detonation.	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration.	India Yankee -20% to fire duration.	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy.	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding. ★★★	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★★★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★★★	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts. ★	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables.	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used. ★★★
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire .

Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.

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References

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.9.3.

Update 0.9.9:
- Available for purchase in the Armory for 33,000 Steel.
Update 0.10.0:
- Fixed a bug that caused the previous squadron's attack time to be displayed when launching a new squadron.
Update 0.10.8:
- Torpedo bomber parameters were changed:
  - Torpedo arming distance increased from 517 to 545 m.
  - Torpedo launch spread increased by 5%.
- Bomber parameters were changed:
  - Maximum damage caused by an HE bomb decreased from 11,200 to 10,600.
  - HE bomb penetration decreased from 67 to 64 mm.
  - Chance of fire being caused by HE bombs decreased from 64 to 60%.
Update 0.10.10:
- Attack aircraft HP decreased from 3,200 to 3,040.
- Dive bomber HP decreased from 3,710 to 3,525.
- Torpedo bomber HP decreased from 3,690 to 3,505.
- Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
Update 0.11.1:
- Minor corrections to geometry and textures of the ship.
Update 0.11.5:
- Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.

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