Original Caption: “USS Franklin (CV-13) returning to Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs following [Japanese] bomb hit on March 19, 1945 in Inland Sea, Japan. “Old Glory” flying from her shattered mast, the brave flat-top enters New York harbor.” Caption on Negative Sleeve: “The USS Franklin – gallant ESSEX-class carrier, badly damaged by enemy bombs in the Japanese Inland sea, March 19, 1945, returns to the Brooklyn Navy Yard under her own power.”
The USS Franklin Badly Damaged Returns to the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- 3/1945
Description
This primary source comes from the General Records of the Department of the Navy.
National Archives Identifier: 179036506
Full Citation: 80-GK-4760; The USS Franklin Badly Damaged Returns to the Brooklyn Navy Yard; 3/1945; Color Photographs of U.S. Navy Activities, 1939–1958; General Records of the Department of the Navy, Record Group 80; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/uss-franklin-badly-damaged-returns-brooklyn-navy-yard/, April 2, 2026]
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