USS Franklin
Ship · United States · January 31, 1944 – February 17, 1947
American Essex-class carrier that survived bombs that killed over 800 of her crew off Japan in March 1945.
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Served with
- June 28, 1944 – October 30, 1944 Fast Carrier Task Force Hit by a kamikaze off Leyte
- March 3, 1945 – March 19, 1945 Fast Carrier Task Force Wrecked by bombs off Japan
Movements
Moved with Fast Carrier Task Force.
- October 12, 1944 Strikes Formosa (TF 38) Map
- October 24, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf Map