Sinking 12,000 Miles - The WW2 Aircraft Carrier that Somehow Survived
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On March 19, 1945, the
On March 19, 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, after enduring a fierce Japanese assault, was a smoldering wreck.
The ship’s captain, a fierce disciplinarian hated by many of his men, studied the damage done only miles away from the Japanese mainland.
Her flight deck, once bustling with aircraft, lay in ruins, consumed by fires and explosions. The hangar bays were now eerie chambers of charred ruins, and gaping holes marred her sides.
Amidst this devastation, the ship's survival seemed an impossible miracle.
With the large majority of her crewmembers gone, it was up to a small group of men to steer their beloved aircraft carrier home more than 12,000 miles under her own power.
From the Caroline Islands, then across the Pacific to Pearl Harbor, and then all the way to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, USS Franklin became the ship that wouldn’t sink.
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