[Hebrews 11:6]

Thanks for including that remarkable story, of which I was ignorant, of the Franklin. I don't suppose a carrier could endure much greater damage and stay afloat. The officers and crew couldn't possibly have done more for each other, the Navy, and their country.

[alfa6]

FYI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Franklin_%28CV-13%29

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Jacquerie]

When the last time the slimes printed a similar, uplifting story of American bravery? Never mind.

Franklin's survival illustrated the USN’s emphasis on fire fighting systems and training. That she lost a quarter of her crew in a battle inferno sixty miles off the Jap coast and survived is amazing.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Thanks for including that remarkable story, of which I was ignorant, of the Franklin.

I find this project to be of benefit to the ignorant. Every day, without fail, I post something of which I was previously ignorant. If not before I posted it then before I came across it on the microfilm. The trials of the Franklin is one of several examples of this from today's post

[PAR35]

Not sure if that story dealt with it (my eyes aren’t sharp enough to read all of the clippings) but the Franklin was sent to an east coast shipyard so it wouldn’t tie up space on the west coast that could be used for ships which could be repaired and sent back to the front.