USS Franklin (CV-13)
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USS Franklin, nicknamed "Big Ben," was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy, and the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in Januar
USS Franklin underway in 1944
The newly commissioned Franklin departing Norfolk in February 1944
Belleau Wood (left) and Franklin hit by kamikazes, 30 October 1944
USS Franklin on fire after being struck by two bombs on 19 March 1945
USS Arizona
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USS Arizona was a Standard-type battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state, she was the second and last ship in the Pennsylvania class. After being
USS Franklin (CV-13)
…the war. The complement of Franklin suffered 924 killed in action during the war, the worst for any surviving U.S. warship and second only to that of USS Arizona. After the attack, she returned to the U.S. mainland for repairs, missing the rest of the war; she was decommissioned in 1947. In reserve, she was…
Arizona during the 1920s
Arizona's launch, 19 June 1915
Arizona on the East River, New York City (1916)
Arizona at the New York City naval review, leading ten dreadnoughts that paraded past Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels