File:Franklins aft twin turret burning, 19 March 1945.jpg
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editDescriptionFranklins aft twin turret burning, 19 March 1945.jpg | View of the after 5"/38 twin gun mount of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) 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 40 mm quad gun mount (at right) also burned. Note ammunition loaded in the feed racks of the 40mm guns. |
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Source | Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-273903 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command |
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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.
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