Franklin (CV 13) - Naval Cruise Book

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i I l l 'liylji both ol which ucic now nntlci hcatx y an atttaick lroni . . , . . . . , , I the ,lripiincsc llnrtt liter-t s planes in lllls in-tion thi- light l t'ill'I'lt't' Jl7lii'1tt'f4'-'I was lost. l Xdniiral ltatsex had det-idctl tpiickly. llc was hurrying the 5 task groups ot' his ilihird lflect norlliwttrd to engage this new I . . . 1 llircrit, lcaxing the sewn old luittlcsliips with their escorting l t'i'nist-is and destroyers. along with Xdniirul lxinkaidis baby 2 gldytops, to protect the shipping in lmyte hull. So in the exeuing ot' ilctolwr 21th, Fl'llIlli'1IiIl and her coni- rades were speeding northward. past the escort t'a1'1'ier'sc1'1iis- ing So miles olli the cntrgnicc to l.ey'te Gull.. for tt l'l'llLlL'ZYUllS with the other groups. During the night two more new battle- ships joined her screenh enow boasting the super-battle- wagons South Ilttlfofu. qllulrolrnz. and llHtISllll1gf0I1. y 'lihat night the search planes kept contact with the Jap carrier task force until 3:30 L1.Il1. An hour before dawn the E bugles called battle stationsg the laps were somewhere to the north. about l00 miles away. Hall' an hour later a sixteen- plane combat air patrol was launched: at 6:30 twelve bomb- ers and eight torpedo planes took the sky to lly northward. Thr-5 lunl orders to circle at a distance of 50 rniles from llig llcn while awaiting word from the seurcli planes which were now combing the oct-ati. Mc-anwliilc, at second dr-r-kloatl ol laonilmt-rs and fighters was arnicd. :Xt 7:30 the Japanese lflt-vt was siglin-tt. 130 miles cast ol l l'11l1lrl1'l1'.s circling lionilicrs. 'llliere were lonr carriers, thc Zuilfulfu, lflzilusc, Zuilm, and Cfziyodu. Two hattleships with tlight decks, the llyugu. and lsv, steamed with them, sur- rounded by a dozen cruisers and destroyers. The orders were llashed out for attack. Hellcats from another air group hur- ried to the scene to cover Big Ben's airmen as they hurtled in. Seventeen enemy hghters were in the air over their car- riers and they fought desperately to save them. An Avenger piloted by Ens. Thomas P. Brooks, Ir., of Concord, Mass., with aircrewman Harold J. Shane, of York, Pa., and Francis J. Ploger, of Grand Rapids. Mich., spun down to the sea in a fatal water landing. But the bombers bored in. A few min- utes before 8:0O, Comdr. Kibbe's voice on the radio said: We are going down on a big carrier. Looks like itls trying to turn into the wind to launch. The voices on the radio -x .sl . .. . ..r.-ff i I I i i l 1 l l l 'i i i 'i 2 i I l if lo' !ll!lfllII'Sl' Ylffrfl l lw'l. llllilll'f lll'Ill'l' nir ullurk. fltfUll'S up fluff . . . The f'llfI'I'l' r In Ilia' left is lmrrf liil

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