USS Franklin (CV-13)

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Aircraft Carrier USS Franklin after Attack off Japanese Coast 19 March 1945

Aircraft carrier USS Franklin CV-13 after Attack off Japanese Coast 19 March 1945

Burning USS Franklin (CV-13) after Attack off Japanese Coast 19 March 1945

Burning Aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) after Attack off Japanese Coast 19 March 1945

Burning aircraft carrier USS Franklin CV-13

Burning aircraft carrier USS Franklin CV-13

burning USS Franklin CV-13 19 March 1945 2

burning USS Franklin 19 March 1945 2

burning USS Franklin 19 March 1945

burning USS Franklin CV-13 - 19 March 1945

Burning USS Franklin CV-13 after Attack off Japanese Coast 19 March 1945

Burning USS Franklin CV-13 after Attack off Japanese Coast 19 March 1945

fire on aircraft carrier USS Franklin CV-13, 19 March 1945

fire on aircraft carrier USS Franklin CV-13

USS Franklin CV-13 anchored at the Puget Sound Navy Yard January 1945

Franklin anchored at the Puget Sound Navy Yard January 1945

listing carrier USS Franklin CV-13 heads to New York alone

listing carrier USS Franklin CV-13 heads to New York alone

USS Franklin Elizabeth River near the Norfolk Navy Yard 1944

Overhead view of the carrier at the Norfolk Navy Yard in February 1944

Surviving crewmen gather on board the aircraft carrier USS Franklin

Surviving crewmen gather on board the aircraft carrier USS Franklin CV-13

Belleau Wood and USS Franklin CV-13 on fire after attacks by Japanese suicide aircraft on October 30 1944

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

USS Franklin anchored at the Puget Sound Navy Yard 1945

USS Franklin CV-13 anchored at the Puget Sound Navy Yard 1945 2

USS Franklin anchored at the Puget Sound Navy Yard 1945 2

USS Franklin at the Norfolk Navy Yard stern 1944

USS Franklin CV-13 at the Norfolk Navy Yard stern 1944

USS Franklin underway

USS Franklin CV-13 underway

USS Franklin CV-13 underway in the Pacific January 1944

USS Franklin underway in the Pacific January 1944

USS Santa Fe CL-60 helps USS Franklin CV-13 near Japan

USS Santa Fe Helps USS Franklin near Japan

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

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