Keel Laid and Cancellation
Swayed by limited funds and bitter opposition from the United States Army and Air Force, Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson announced on 23 April 1949—five days after the ship's keel was laid down—the cancellation of construction of the United States. Secretary of the Navy John Sullivan immediately resigned, and the subsequent "Revolt of the Admirals" cost Admiral Louis Denfeld his position as Chief of Naval Operations—though atomic bombs soon went to sea on the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1950.
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