Decommissioning and Disposal
On 1 December 1982, Theodore Roosevelt was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register and her hulk was stored in Bremerton, Washington, until its turn came to enter the Nuclear Power Ship and Submarine Recycling Program. On 24 March 1995, ex-Theodore Roosevelt ceased to exist.
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—Ivan Chtcheglov (b. 1934)