MAKE A MEME View Large Image Franklins aft twin turret burning, 19 March 1945.jpg USS Franklin CV-13 Ship's after 5 /38 twin gun mount burning as her crew tried to control fires on 19 March 1945 The carrier had been hit by a Japanese air attack while operating off the ...
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Keywords: Franklins aft twin turret burning, 19 March 1945.jpg USS Franklin CV-13 Ship's after 5 /38 twin gun mount burning as her crew tried to control fires on 19 March 1945 The carrier had been hit by a Japanese air attack while operating off the coast of Japan Photographed from USS Santa Fe CL-60 which extinguished the fire in this gun mount by playing streams of water through the mount's open door Later the other 5 /38 twin gun mount and the 40mm quad machine gun mount at right also burned Note ammunition loaded in the feed racks of the 40mm guns Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/photos/images/g270000/g273903c htm 80-G-273903 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1945-03-19 Official U S Navy Photograph PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Franklin CV-13 on 19 March 1945 5 /38 caliber gun ImageNote 1 56 218 246 169 740 581 2 Based on eyewitness accounts on documentary film USS Franklin Honor Restored 2011 Director Robert Child the gunners who survived the flames of the burning aft twin turret by jumping overboard were later accused of desertion and threatened with court martial by the ship's Captain Leslie E Gehres The gunners were in the turret at the time this photo was taken ImageNoteEnd 1
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