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USS Franklin nearly obscured by smoke and flames after 19 March attack US Navy photo 80-G-49131

USS Franklin March 14-24 1945 Deck Logs

March 19, 2026
19 March 1945 deck log of USS FRANKLIN showing cruising disposition and ship's status. National Archives Box 3665 P118-A1. Author...
19 march / Air Group 5 / US Navy / USS Franklin
USS Franklin (CV-13) Church service on the ship's ruined hangar deck 80-G-K-5056

Model Showing USS Franklin Battle Damage

August 2, 2025
In March of 2025, I attended the reunion of USS Franklin crew and family members at Patriots Point, South Carolina....
19 march / USS Franklin Ship Model
USS Franklin listing after being attacked on March 19k 1945

Courage Under Fire: Dr. Samuel Sherman’s Heroism Aboard the USS Franklin

July 10, 2025
Several days ago, I read an oral history that filled in some missing blanks for me. In 1993, Dr. Samuel...
19 march / Air Group 5 / USS Franklin
US Navy Carrier USS Franklin on fire 19 March 1945. Dense smoke rises from fires aft of the ship's island.

Officers’ Clothing Complicates Communication On USS Franklin

March 31, 2025
Father O'Callahan tends to a wounded man on the Franklin's flight deck. Note the jacket he wears to keep himself...
19 march / US Navy / USS Franklin
Photo taken below flight deck level showing A Curtiss SB2C-3 "Hell-diver" bomber taking a "wave-off" while attempting to land in March 1945. Landing signal officer's platform is in the foreground

Landing Signal Officer On USS Franklin

November 11, 2024
Cover of the book, Their Life In My Hands by C. Edgar Mikronis. Photo Credit: M Glenn Ross By the...
19 march / USS Franklin
Placque on display at Museum of the Pacific War showing a picture of Franklin and listing her accomplishments.

“Those Who Cannot Remember History Are Doomed To Repeat It”—G. Santayana

September 26, 2024
USS Franklin is listing after being attacked on March 19, 1945. Photo taken from USS Santa Fe. Source US Navy Why...
19 march / Leadership / US Navy / USS Franklin
(DD-674) Coming alongside USS Tarawa (CVS-40) to refuel at sea, 25 April 1959. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Catalog #: USN 1046540

USS HUNT Action Report-Aiding USS Franklin

August 16, 2024
Page 1 of USS HUNT Action Report for March 1945. US National Archives via Fold3.com In my research into the...
19 march / Action Reports / US Navy
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

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

June 27, 2024
USS Franklin Sailors examine damage to the flight and hangar decks after the 30 October 1944 Kamikaze attack. US Navy...
19 march / Kamikaze attack / October 1944 / US Navy / USS Franklin
USS Franklin nearly obscured by smoke and flames after 19 March attack US Navy photo 80-G-49131

March 25th Is National Medal of Honor Day

March 25, 2024
President Truman awards Lt. (j.g.) Donald Gary, the Medal of Honor. January 1946 Today, 25 March, is not just any...
19 march / Lt. (j.g.) Donald Gary / Lt. Cmdr Joseph T. O'Callahan / Medal of Honor / USS Franklin
19 March 1945 deck log of USS FRANKLIN showing crusing disposition and ship's status. Natioal Archives Box 3665 P118-A1. Author photo

USS Franklin 19 March 1945 Deck Log-“…Took Two Bomb Hits…”

March 19, 2024
19 March 1945 deck log of USS FRANKLIN showing cruising disposition and ship's status. National Archives Box 3665 P118-A1. Author...
19 march / Deck logs / USS Franklin

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