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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

Kamikazes “Body Crash” USS Franklin and USS Belleau Wood

October 30, 2025
Pilots of Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) in their ready room aboard USS Franklin (CV-13), 24 October 1944, just before the...
Action Reports / Kamikaze attack / October 1944
(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...
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Admiral Mitscher's one page endorsement of Task Group 58.2's action report of 4 July 1944. In it, he endorses three of four of the recommendations.

How Action Reports Helped The US Navy Defeat The Japanese

July 13, 2024
First page of the Task Group 58.2 Action Report covering the attacks on Iwo Jima, Haha Jima, and nearby shipping...
Action Reports / Emerging Technologies / Leadership / US Navy
A crowed deck of planes, pilots, and crews of Air Group 13 in October 1944. The first nine are Hellcat fighters, the ones in the back are Helldivers and Avengers. Franklin would be struck by a Kamikaze on 30 October 1944.

USS Franklin Draws Its First Blood–July 4, 1944

July 3, 2024
Air Group-13 Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers prepare to strike the Japanese in the Philippines in October 1944. On 30 June...
Action Reports / Air Group 13 / July 4th / US Navy / USS Franklin
Title Page for the Task Group 58.2 Action Report Commander Task Group 58.2 Period 14 March to 24 March 1945

Highlights From “ACTION REPORT: TASK GROUP 58.2

April 12, 2024
Title Page For Admiral Ralph Davison's TG 58.2 Action Report. This report discussed the attack and damage to USS FRANKLIN....
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