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80-G-41196. An Army Air Force B-25B bomber takes off from Hornet at the start of the Doolittle raid, 18 April 1942.

USS Franklin’s Connection To The Doolittle Raid

April 18, 2023
An Army Air Force B-25B bomber takes off from Hornet at the start...
Stephen Jurika / USS Hornet CV-8
Selection of the books I'm using for research

How Being a Continuous Learner Helps Research My Book on USS Franklin

April 16, 2023
Being a continuous learner has kept me focused on writing my first book...
Me / Research / USS Franklin / Workflow

WHAT I’M READING: IMPLACABLE FOES

April 6, 2023
Photo by author As I research and write my book, I intend to...
What I am Reading
Operating near the Marianas, 1 August 1944. Photographed from USS Hornet (CV-12). Franklin is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 6a. At this time, Design 6a was applied only to her starboard side. She wore Design 3a on the port side. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Catalog #: 80-G-367248

How USS Franklin Got Its Name

March 28, 2023
The ship is floated out of her building dock immediately after christening, at...
Naming Convention
Father O'Callahan tends to a wounded man on the Franklin's flight deck. Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command

19 March 1945 Timeline

March 19, 2023
Taken from the USS Santa Fe, the USS Franklin is shown with a...
19 march / Timeline
Japanese Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden-Kai Fighter

Radar’s Role On 19 March 1945

March 3, 2023
Radar radio antenna installations atop USS Lexington (CVA 16) a sister ship to...
Radar / USS Franklin
Chaplain O'Callahan giving the last rights to a sailor. The sailor actually survived.

Joseph O’Callahan, Chaplain of the USS Franklin, Earns The Medal of Honor

November 17, 2022
Chaplain Joseph T. O'Callahan. Picture taken circa 1945-1946 Credit: Congressional Medal of Honor...
Leadership / Lt. Cmdr Joseph T. O'Callahan / USS Franklin
Chaplain O'Callahan giving the last rights to a sailor. The sailor actually survived.

There Were Heroes By The Hundreds: Attack on the USS Franklin

October 11, 2022
Taken from the USS Santa Fe, the USS Franklin is shown with a...
USS Franklin
German Wreckage on the retreat from Rome 18 June 1944

The WW II Alliance Between Germany and Japan

September 27, 2022
Japanese troop formation in Nanking, China. (Source: Wikimedia) “Our greatest triumph lies in...
Germany / Japan
USS Texas (BB35) circa 1943

USS Texas Plays Role In Introduction of Radar

September 14, 2022
XAF Radar Set aboard USS New York (BB-34) My love of history has...
Me / Radar / USS Texas (BB-35)

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