McAfee, an American naval officer who was the Director of the WAVES. The keel of Franklin was laid down on 7 December 1942 in Shipway 11, the first anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and she was launched by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company, in Virginia, on 14 October 1943, sponsored by Lieutenant Commander Mildred H. Franklin was sold for scrap in 1966.Ĭonstruction and commissioning The newly commissioned Franklin departing Norfolk in February 1944 Franklin and Bunker Hill (damaged by two kamikazes) were the only Essex-class carriers not to see active service as aircraft carriers after World War II. In reserve, she was reclassified as an attack carrier (CVA), then an antisubmarine carrier (CVS), and finally an aircraft transport (AVT), but she was never modernized and never saw active service again. mainland for repairs, missing the rest of the war she was decommissioned in 1947. warship and second only to that of USS Arizona.Īfter the attack, she returned to the U.S.
The complement of Franklin suffered 924 killed in action during the war, the worst for any surviving U.S.
The attack resulted in the loss of over 800 of her crew and Franklin became the most heavily-damaged United States aircraft carrier to survive the war.
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. Commissioned in January 1944, she served in several campaigns in the Pacific War, earning four battle stars. 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.
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