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Encyclopedia: USS Franklin

Five United States Navy ships have been named USS Franklin, the first four after Benjamin Franklin, and the fifth, the aircraft carrier CV-13, perpetuating the name of the previous ships (it was not the usual practice at the time to name carriers after individuals).

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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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Regulus missile

demonstration launches. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) and USS Lexington (CV-16) each conducted one test... March 1951. The first submarine launch occurred in July 1953 from the deck of USS Tunny (SSG-282), a World War II fleet boat modified to carry Regulus. Tunny and her sister boat USS Barbero (SSG-317...

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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... treaties then recently-obsolete, USS Essex (CV-9) was over sixty feet longer, nearly ten feet wider..., none of the Essex class carriers were lost and two of them, Franklin (CV-13) and Bunker Hill (CV-17...

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List of ships of the United States Navy

Benicia (1868) USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640) USS Bennington (PG-4, CV-20) USS Bergall (SS-320... Franklin (1775, 1795, 1815, 1864, CV-13) USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) USS Frederick (CA-8) USS... 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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