At-sea.....Debris flies aloft as an explosion convulses the U.S.S. Franklin, Essex-class carrier hit by Japanese dive-bomber during daring American air-strike at the Japanese Navy in Japan's own inland sea.
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At-sea.....Debris flies aloft as an explosion convulses the U.S.S. Franklin, Essex-class carrier hit by Japanese dive-bomber during daring American air-strike at the Japanese Navy in Japan's own inland sea.
May 16, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Image: 19.7 x 23.6 cm (7 3/4 x 9 5/16 in.)
Paper: 20.8 x 25.4 cm (8 3/16 x 10 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0358.0018
Inscriptions verso (printed in red on taped sheet): OBSERVE RELEASE DATE [printed five times]
(typed in blue on taped sheet): AT-SEA.....DEBRIS FLIES ALOFT AS AN EXPLOSION / CONVULSES THE U.S.S. FRANKLIN, ESSEX-CLASS / CARRIER HIT BY JAP DIVE-BOMBER DURING DAR- / ING AMERICAN AIR-STRIKE AT THE JAP NAVY IN / JAPAN'S OWN INLAND SEA. THIS WAS ONLY / ONE OF A SERIES OF BLASTS WHICH DAMAGED THE / SHIP ANEW, ADDING TO THE CASUALTY LIST. / SEEKING TO ESCAPE THE EFFECT OF THE BLAST. / MEMBERS OF THE FIREFIGHTING DETAIL FALL BACK- / ONLY TO RETURN IMMEDIATELY AND RENEW THEIR / ASSULT AGAINST THE FLAMES. THE SHIP CLAIM- / ED AS SUNK BY THE NIPPONESE LIMPED BACK THE / THOUSANDS OF MILES TO THE BROOKLYN NAVY / YARD UNDER HER OWN POWER. THREE HUNDRED / FORTY-ONE MEN OF HER HEROIC CREW LOST THEIR / LIVES IN THE FIGHT TO SAVE THEIR SHIP. FOUR / HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OTHERS ARE MISSING. MORE / THAN THREE HUNDRED WERE WOUNDED. / (SM-5-16-45)
(typed in blue on taped sheet): AT-SEA.....DEBRIS FLIES ALOFT AS AN EXPLOSION / CONVULSES THE U.S.S. FRANKLIN, ESSEX-CLASS / CARRIER HIT BY JAP DIVE-BOMBER DURING DAR- / ING AMERICAN AIR-STRIKE AT THE JAP NAVY IN / JAPAN'S OWN INLAND SEA. THIS WAS ONLY / ONE OF A SERIES OF BLASTS WHICH DAMAGED THE / SHIP ANEW, ADDING TO THE CASUALTY LIST. / SEEKING TO ESCAPE THE EFFECT OF THE BLAST. / MEMBERS OF THE FIREFIGHTING DETAIL FALL BACK- / ONLY TO RETURN IMMEDIATELY AND RENEW THEIR / ASSULT AGAINST THE FLAMES. THE SHIP CLAIM- / ED AS SUNK BY THE NIPPONESE LIMPED BACK THE / THOUSANDS OF MILES TO THE BROOKLYN NAVY / YARD UNDER HER OWN POWER. THREE HUNDRED / FORTY-ONE MEN OF HER HEROIC CREW LOST THEIR / LIVES IN THE FIGHT TO SAVE THEIR SHIP. FOUR / HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OTHERS ARE MISSING. MORE / THAN THREE HUNDRED WERE WOUNDED. / (SM-5-16-45)
