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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)

34th Annual Symposium “1942: The Perilous Year”

September 7, 2022
Museum of the Pacific War exhibit showing a B-25 Mitchell bomber similar to...
Symposia and Webinars
Marie Šupíková, one of the children kidnapped from Lidice, testifies at the RuSHA trial

#ASkMKeAboutLidice

August 31, 2022
I'm departing from my usual posts about the USS Franklin and World War...
#AskMeAboutLidice
Cover of the book "The Sailor's Bookshelf: Fifty Books To Know The Sea

Book Recommendation: The Sailor’s Bookshelf: Fifty Books To Know The Sea

August 12, 2022
Image of the book By Admiral James Stavridis USN (RET) This morning I...
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