USN · CV
Franklin
Photos and infoEssex-class carrier. Commissioned 31 January 1944. On 19 March 1945 one bomber put two bombs into her off Honshu. 724 men were killed and 265 wounded. Pittsburgh towed her until noon on 20 March, when she could make 14 knots. She reached Brooklyn on 28 April. Decommissioned 17 February 1947.
| Class | Essex class |
|---|---|
| Type | Aircraft carrier (CV) |
| Hull | CV-13 |
| Builder | Newport News |
| Launched | 1943-10-14 |
| Commissioned | 1944-01-31 |
| Fate | Afloat. Decommissioned 17 February 1947. Reclassified AVT-8 on 15 May 1969. |
| Armament (class) | Fleet carrier. Flight deck, with the island set aft of amidships. |
| Command |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
USS Franklin (CV-13) underway at sea on 1 August 1944. U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-367248. Public domain.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Gehres, Leslie EdwardCaptain from 7 November 1944Relieved on 30 July 1945HHHale, Henry HendersonCaptain from 30 July 1945Relieved on 8 June 1946
Dickinson, Clarence Earle Jr.Captain from 8 June 1946Relieved on 17 February 1947Okinawa
1945-04-01 · bombed on 19 March during the strikes that opened the campaign; she left the force; not sunk
