Kamikaze attack

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
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
Massive smoke clouds and flames issue from USS Bunker Hill on 11 May 1945 strikes by two kamikazes. (US Navy 80-G-274266)

“Information on and Means for Combating Suicide Plane Attacks”

April 29, 2024
USS Franklin (CV-13), at right, and USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) afire after being hit by Japanese suicide plane attacks, while...
Kamikaze attack / Strategy and Tactics / Things I Have Learned
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.

Kamikazes Attack USS Franklin (CV-13)

October 30, 2023
Air Group-13 Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers prepare to strike the Japanese in the Philippines in October 1944. Normally, 17-year-old Seaman...
Air Group 13 / Kamikaze attack / October 1944

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