Burning USS Franklin CV-13 after Attack off Japanese Coast 19 March 1945 2
burning USS Franklin 19 March 1945 2
Surviving crewmen gather on board the aircraft carrier USS Franklin CV-13
USS Belleau Wood and USS Franklin on fire after attacks by Japanese suicide aircraft on October 30 1944
USS Franklin anchored at the Puget Sound Navy Yard 1945 2
burning USS Franklin CV-13 – 19 March 1945
Franklin anchored at the Puget Sound Navy Yard January 1945
USS Franklin CV-13 underway
Burning USS Franklin CV-13 after Attack off Japanese Coast 19 March 1945
USS Franklin CV-13 at the Norfolk Navy Yard stern 1944
Overhead view of the carrier at the Norfolk Navy Yard in February 1944
USS Franklin underway in the Pacific January 1944
USS Franklin anchored at the Puget Sound Navy Yard 1945
Burning aircraft carrier USS Franklin CV-13
listing carrier USS Franklin CV-13 heads to New York alone
fire on aircraft carrier USS Franklin CV-13
USS Santa Fe Helps USS Franklin near Japan
Burning Aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) after Attack off Japanese Coast 19 March 1945
Aircraft carrier USS Franklin CV-13 after Attack off Japanese Coast 19 March 1945
Ship name: USS Franklin
Ship type: aircraft carrier
Ship class: Essex (short-hull)
Hull number: CV-13
Launched: 14 October 1943
Commissioned: 31 January 1944
Complement: ~2600
Fate: scrapped in 1966
Bibliography:
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