Battle of Leyte Gulf

The cruiser, USS Birmingham, is shown with damage to her starboard hull caused when USS Princeton's magazine exploded while Birmingham was 50 feet away.

US Cruiser Captains Courageous

May 4, 2025
The USS Franklin is shown with a heavy list after being attacked on 19 March 1945. US Navy photo taken...
Battle of Leyte Gulf / Kamikaze attack / Leadership / October 1944 / US Navy / USS Birmingham / USS Franklin / USS Santa Fe / USS Wilkes-Barre
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

USS Franklin Has A Busy October

October 3, 2024
Air Group-13 Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers prepare to strike the Japanese in the Philippines in October 1944. USS Franklin, part...
Air Group 13 / Battle of Leyte Gulf / Kamikaze attack / October 1944 / US Navy / USS Franklin
Undated page from USS Franklin decklog showing burial at sea on 31 October 1944 of those crewmembers killed the day before by a Kamikaze attack.

Burials At Sea by USS Franklin, 1944

September 8, 2024
USS Franklin's deck log (p1) 31 October 1944. The day before, she had been struck by a Kamikaze. This log...
Battle of Leyte Gulf / Deck logs / Kamikaze attack / October 1944 / USS Franklin
Map of the various battles fought between 24-26 October 1944 in the Philippines.

The Battles Continue: USS Franklin 15-29 October 1944

October 21, 2023
Map of the various battles fought between 24-26 October 1944 in the Philippines. Photo courtesy of Gdr at en.wikipedia This...
Air Group 13 / Battle of Leyte Gulf / October 1944 / USS Franklin

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