Keywords: USS Franklin (CV-13) under repair at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1945.jpg The U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Franklin CV-13 under repair New York Naval Shipyard USA on 27 Ocotber 1945 The entire flight deck and supporting upper hull was removed and rebuilt because of the extensive damage caused by two Japanese bombs that penetrated the flight deck on 19 March 1945 exploding on the hangar deck igniting fuel and ordinance from the aircraft below decks Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-K-14000/80-G-K-14557 html 80-G-K-14557 cropped from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1945-10-27 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Franklin CV-13 Brooklyn Navy Yard |