The Ship That Wouldn't Die
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On March 19, 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, one of a group of ships off the coast of Kobe, Japan, was attacked by a Japanese bomber. The plane scored direct hits with two large bom...
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The U.S.S. Franklin (CV-13) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built for the U.S. Navy in WWII. She was named for Benjamin Franklin and commissioned in 1944. After the attack she sailed for Ulithi Atoll for emergency repairs, then Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for temporary repairs. She then sailed for the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City via the Panama Canal for permanent repairs. However, she never went to sea again and was decommissioned in 1947, struck from the Naval Register in 1964 and scrapped in 1966.
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Country of origin: United States , United States
Language: English
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