Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

CV-13 USS Franklin

• Essex class (short-hull) Fleet Carrier:
• Displacement: 34,800 tons
• Length: 872'
• Beam: 147'
• Draft: 28'7"
• Speed: 33 knots
• Armament: 12 5"/38, 18x4 40mm, 60 20mm; 103 planes (37 F6F, 36 #B2C, 18 TBM)
• Complement: 3,448
• Geared turbine engines, 4 screws, 150,000 shaft hp.
• Built at Newport News, and commissioned 31 January 1944

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Franklin
• War Damage Report No. 56
• Lt. Comdr. Samuel Robert Sherman, MC, USNR, Flight Surgeon on USS Franklin when it was heavily damaged by a Japanese bomber near the Japanese mainland on 19 March 1945 [NHC: oral history]
• USS Franklin Home Page [US Navy]
• USS Franklin Web Page
• USS Franklin (CV013); The Ship That Wouldn't Die (Turner: 1996)

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