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BIG BEN THE FLAT TOP. THE STORY OF THE U.S.S. FRANKLIN
Atlanta, GA Albert Love Enterprises no date (ca. 1946)
565.00
Condition for this hardcover book is good with some soiling and smudging to the covers, some wear to the covers, wear to corners and spine ends, slightly cocked along the spine, some wear along the spine, a bit of smudging to page ends.
Unpaginated (approx. 100+ pages), with numerous photos.
Unpaginated (approx. 100+ pages), with numerous photos.
Pictorial cloth hardcover, size is 8 3/4" x 12".
"USS Franklin (CV/CVA/CVS-13, AVT-8), nicknamed 'Big Ben,' was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy, and the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in January 1944, she served in several campaigns in the Pacific War, earning four battle stars. In March 1945, while launching strikes against the Japanese mainland, she was badly damaged when a single Japanese dive bomber struck her with two bombs. The attack resulted in the loss of 807 of her crew and Franklin became the most heavily-damaged United States aircraft carrier to survive the war. The complement of Franklin suffered 924 killed in action during the war, the worst for any surviving U.S. warship and second only to that of USS Arizona." [Wikipedia]
The history of “the ship that wouldn’t die”.
Laid in are 2 postcards post-dated August 1943 from a sailor then located at the US Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois.
The history of “the ship that wouldn’t die”.
Laid in are 2 postcards post-dated August 1943 from a sailor then located at the US Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois.
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