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Encyclopedia: USS Franklin (CV-13)

The fifth USS Franklin (CV-13) (also CVA-13, CVS-13, and AVT-8), nicknamed "Big Ben", was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. Although the four other vessels honored founding father Benjamin Franklin, CV-13 followed the then current pattern of carrier naming and recalled the 1864 Civil War Battle of Franklin fought in Middle Tennessee. CV-13 was notable as the hardest-hit carrier to survive World War II. Actual attacks on the ship are depicted in the 1949 film "Task Force" starring Gary Cooper.

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Essex class aircraft carrier

� Nov. 1943 USS Franklin (CV-13) � Dec. 1942 � Oct. 1943 � Jan. 1944 USS Lexington (CV-16) � July..., none of the Essex class carriers were lost and two of them, Franklin (CV-13) and Bunker Hill (CV-17... carriers were ordered and were to become the Hornet (CV-12), Franklin (CV-13), Ticonderoga (CV -14...

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List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy

(CV-10) Yorktown (CV-11) Intrepid (CV-12) Hornet (CV-13) Franklin (CV-14) Ticonderoga (CV-15) Randolph...) Franklin (CV-13) Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) George Washington (CVN-73...) Shangri-la (CV-39) Lake Champlain (CV-40) Tarawa (CVB-41) Midway (CVB-42) Franklin D. Roosevelt...

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List of ships of the United States Navy

Franklin (1775, 1795, 1815, 1864, CV-13) USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) USS Frederick (CA-8) USS... Benicia (1868) USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640) USS Bennington (PG-4, CV-20) USS Bergall (SS-320... P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Classes of Ships LCM-8 Alphabetical list of ships A USS A. C. Powell...

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FH Phantom

McDonnell FH-1 Phantom. The FH-1 Phantom was a twin-engine jet fighter aircraft designed during World War II for the United States Navy. On July 21, 1946, a Phantom became the first combat jet aircraft to operate from an American aircraft carrier, the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt . See also the...

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Midway class aircraft carrier

deployed on three occasions, and the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt saw one short combat deployment... began to show their age. In 1977 the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was decommissioned, with the USS Midway.... First commissioned in late 1945, the lead ship of the class, USS Midway was not decommissioned until...

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1946 in aviation

landing by a jet aboard a US aircraft carrier, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt September September 27 - Sir...

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Lexington class aircraft carrier

prior to John F. Kennedy were CV-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (named for the late president), CV-38... States Navy (USS Langley was a strictly developmental ship which only served for a short time as an... source for aircraft carriers until CV-66 USS America . CV-67 John F. Kennedy started a trend of...

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Illustrious class aircraft carrier

in the Pacific war, especially USS Franklin and USS Bunker Hill . Their larger airgroups proved to be...

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Frank Jack Fletcher

also spent time on USS Eagle and USS Franklin . In November 1909 he was assigend to USS Chauncey , a unit of the Asiatic Torpedo Flotilla. He assumed command of USS Dale in April 1910 and March 1912 returned to Chauncey as Commanding Officer. Transferred to USS Florida in December 1912 he was aboard...

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March 19

the aircraft carrier USS Franklin , killing 800 of her crew and crippling the ship. 1945 - World...

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