Some Points From The USS Franklin CV-13 War Damage Report

By Glenn | June 27, 2024 |
Two carriers burning after separate kamikaze strikes. USS Franklin (CV-13), at right, and USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) afire after being hit by Japanese kamikaze suicide planes, while operating off the Philippines on 30 October 1944. Photographed from USS Brush (DD-745). US Navy 80-G-326798

I was rummaging through the USS Franklin CV-13 War Damage Report today and noticed a few things. (The numbers before each paragraph below denote the section and number of the paragraph. Direct quotes are italicized.) The report was probably written in late 1945 or in 1946. Structural Damage 4-24 In the action of 19 March…

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