Carrier Lives through Ordeal of Fire
Photograph
Carrier Lives through Ordeal of Fire
May 16, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (16.5 × 21.2 cm)
Paper: 7 1/8 × 9 in. (18.1 × 22.9 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0358.0017
Inscriptions Printed on applied label on verso, C: CARRIER LIVES THROUGH ORDEAL OF FIRE \ AT SEA -- THE CRUISER SANTE FE, FOREGROUND, \ PULLS AWAY FROM THE BURNING ESSEX-CLASS \ CARRIER, U.S.S. FRANKLIN, AS THE BADLY LISTING \ CARRIER, VICTIM OF A JAP DIVE-BOMBING ATTACK, \ SEEMS ALMOST ABOUT TO CAPSIZE. DRIVEN BACK \ BY FLAMES AND EXPLODING BOMBS AND ROCKETS, \ MEMBERS OF THE GALLANT SHIP'S CREW CLUSTER \ FORWARD ON THE FLIGHT-DECK, AWAITING ASSIGN- \ MENTS TO FIRE-FIGHTING DETAILS. THE ENEMY \ PLANE HAD DRIVEN TWO FIVE-HUNDRED POUND BOMBS \ THROUGH THE CARRIER'S FLIGHT DECK WHILE SHE \ WAS TAKING PART IN AN AMERICAN AIR STRIKE \ AGAINST JAPANESE NAVAL UNITS OFF THE JAP COAST. \ THOUGH SUFFERING TREMENDOUS DAMAGES WITH MORE \ THAN A THOUSAND CASUALTIES AMONG THE HEROIC \ CREW, THE FRANKLIN PAINFULLY LIMPED THOUSANDS \ OF MILES BACK TO THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD FOR \ REPAIRS. \ (N-5-16-45)
