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THE FRANKLIN FLOUNDERS
Taken 19 March 1945
Troops look on helplessly as the American aircraft-
carrier the USS Franklin lies stricken in the Pacific.
The vessel was carrying out a manoeuvre 50 miles
off the coast of Japan – the closest any US carrier
got to the country during the Second World
War – when it was struck by two 500lb bombs
dropped by a Japanese plane. While
the ship didn’t sink, official Navy
figures totalled the number
of dead at 724.
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