USS Franklin: Honor Restored (Trailer)

http://www.janson.com/rights/2011/09/07/uss-franklin-honor-restored/

The USS Franklin (CV-13). The men in the American Pacific fleet knew her as "Big Ben." She is known throughout history as "The Ship That Wouldn't Die." Even now, more than six decades after the end of hostilities in World War II, the very name Franklin spawns a tidal wave of emotion for her crew and thousands of men in the fleet caught up in what the name represents.

Franklin was one of 24 Essex class aircraft carriers constructed during World War II. Built in the record time of just ten months, Franklin joined the Fast Carrier Fleet in mid-1944. During the next four months, Franklin waged a two-fisted brawl on enemy land, sea, and air targets in West Central Pacific and Philippines.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Trailer (promotion) Ocean
• uss
• navy
• military

[hungrymongo]

A fine tribute to a fine ship.