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    USS Franklin (CV/CVA/CVS-13, AVT-8), nicknamed "Big Ben," was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States...
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  • service until 1877, thereafter used as a receiving ship until 1915 USS Franklin (CV-13), an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1944 and crippled by bombs...
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    ships Santa Fe and Mobile protect the USS Franklin (CV-13). On 19 March 1945, Franklin was hit by 2 bombs and listed 13 degrees to starboard side. Biloxi...
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  • Enterprise (CV-6) USS Essex (CV-9) USS Evans (DD-552) USS Facility (AM-233) HMS Formidable (67) USS Forrest (DD-461) USS Franklin (CV-13) USS Gansevoort...
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  • about the development of U.S. aircraft carriers from USS Langley (CV-1) to USS Franklin (CV-13). Although Robert Montgomery was originally considered...
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    during the war, none of the Essex-class carriers were lost and two, USS Franklin and USS Bunker Hill, came home under their own power and were successfully...
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    as a teacher and an artist. During World War II, he served on the USS Franklin (CV-13), the most damaged ship in the history of the U.S. Navy to return...
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  • (Halsey/McCain) USS Enterprise (CV-6) USS Essex (CV-9) USS Intrepid (CV-11) USS Franklin (CV-13) USS Lexington (CV-16) USS Independence (CVL-22) USS Belleau Wood...
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    Battle of Okinawa. The squadron is best known for being aboard the USS Franklin (CV-13) when she was severely damaged by Japanese kamikaze planes of the...
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    USS Ranger (CV-4) was an interwar United States Navy aircraft carrier, the only ship of its class. As a Treaty ship, Ranger was the first U.S. vessel to...
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