Summary and Key Points: The USS Franklin (CV-13), an Essex-class aircraft carrier, was one of the most decorated ships in U.S. Navy history. Commissioned in January 1944, it participated in ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – March 19th marks 80 years since the bombing of the USS Franklin off the coast of Japan during World War II. Veterans of the USS Franklin and their families will gath… ...

March 19, 1945 - the USS Franklin was left a burning husk just off the coast of Japan, hammered by a brutal enemy airstrike that turned the mighty aircraft carrier into a floating inferno. Her decks ...

On the morning of March 19, 1945, the sea was calm where the mighty USS Franklin, a 27,000-ton aircraft carrier, sat in the Pacific Ocean 53 miles off the Japanese coast. This was the closest an ...

On the decks of the USS Franklin 75 years ago on Sunday morning, March 19, 1945, during World War II were five bombers, 14 torpedo bombers and 12 fighters. Those aircraft were “carrying 36,000 ...

The Franklin is often called "The Ship That Wouldn't Die" -- but many of the crew did. Of 3,448 men, 724 died and 265 were wounded. "Every day, I got the burns on my hands constant reminder," said ...

Days before March 19, 1945, the Franklin was a mere 50 miles off the coast of Japan when the kamikaze strikes began, and planes started flying into their ship trying to destroy it.

USS Franklin Roosevelt Deactivation By the late 1970s, Roosevelt’s physical condition was deteriorating. At this point, the USN had commissioned ten supercarriers, including the first of the ...

The Indomitable USS Franklin: The Ship That Wouldn’t Die. Twenty-four Essex-class aircraft carriers were built for the U.S. Navy during World War II, and only two did not continue their service ...